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A Descriptive Catalogue
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Volume I
Numbers i to 183
LETTERPRESS
BY
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES, Lirr.D., F.B.A., F.S.A.
HON. LITT.D. DUBLIN ; HON. LL.D. ST. ANDREWS
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CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE vii
PREFACE ... . xi
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS xvii
BINDINGS xxi
LIST OF OWNERS AND PROVENANCES xxii
LIST OF SCRIBES . . xxiv
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA xxv
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE i
APPENDIX 309
INDEX I : OF LITERARY CONTENTS. PLACE-NAMES, PROPER NAMES,
SAINTS 3,3
INDEX II: OF ILLUSTRATIONS, SAINTS REPRESENTED, DECORA-
TIONS, ETC 323
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE present catalogue with its accompanying volume of facsimile reproductions of
nearly two hundred characteristic pages of text, illuminations, and jewelled bindings
selected from the manuscripts with which it deals, is the fourth issue in the series of
descriptive catalogues or guides to the collection of Oriental and Western manuscripts in
the John Rylands Library.
Although the manuscripts here described may not rival in textual importance those
which furnished the material for the preceding issues — the Demotic, the Coptic, and the
Greek Papyri — they are likely to appeal to a much wider circle of students by reason of the
artistic features which so many of them possess in addition to their textual qualities — features
which are necessarily absent from the papyri.
Since it is highly probable that there are still many students deeply interested in the
various fields of research to which these manuscripts belong, who have but a vague idea of
the importance of the collection of which they form part, and which constitutes one of the
chief attractions of the Library in which they are preserved, it may not be out of place in
this introductory note briefly to indicate something of its range and character.
The nucleus of the collection consisted of a small group of less than a hundred
manuscripts contained in the Althorp Library, which was acquired by Mrs. Rylands in
1892 from the late Earl Spencer to form part of the equipment of the present building, at
that time in course of erection. These were added to from time to time as opportunities
occurred ; but the present magnificence and character of the collection was determined by
the purchase, in 1901, of the manuscripts of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, consisting
of nearly six thousand rolls, tiblets, and codices.
From that time forward every effort has been employed to develop and enrich the
collection along lines which already have been productive of excellent results in the
stimulation of research. As evidence of the success which has attended these efforts it
needs only to be stated that at the present time the collection numbers upwards of ten
thousand manuscripts, illustrating not only the history of writing and illumination, but also
the history of the materials and methods which have been employed from the earliest times
for the preservation and transmission of knowledge from one age to another, and at the
same time offering to students in many departments of research original sources of great
interest and importance.
On the Oriental side, amongst the languages represented are the following : Abyssinian,
Armenian, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Pali, Panjabi, Hindustani, Marathi, Parsi, Pehlevi, Burmese,
Canarese, Singhalese, Tamil, Chinese, Japanese, Malay, Javanese, Achinese, Mongolian,
Balinese, Thibetan, Mo-so, Batak, Bugi, Kawi, Madurese, Makassar, and Mexican.
Of more general interest are the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts, numbering
nearly two thousand volumes, a hurried examination of which by Dr. Mingana, one of the
Assistant Keepers of Manuscripts, has led to the discovery of several inedited texts of
viii INTRODUCTORY NOTE
far-reaching importance, notably an unrecorded apology of Islam, written by a learned
Mohammedan doctor, named 'Ali b. Rabban at-Tabari, at the request of the Caliph al-
Muttawakkil, at Baghdad in the year a. d. 850. The examples of the Kuran, dating from
the eighth and ninth centuries, in the stately Cufic and Nashki characters, are in many cases
of surpassing beauty and rarity ; three of them being written throughout in letters of gold.
Amongst the papyrus rolls and fragments are examples of the Book of the Dead
both in Hieroglyphic and Hieratic, and large and important collections in Demotic, Coptic,
Greek, and Arabic. The Catalogue of the Demotic Papyri (in three quarto volumes),
probably the most interesting collection of documents in that script at present extant, was
published in 1910, after about ten years of persistent labour on the part of the compiler.
Dr. F. LI. Griffith, at that time Reader in Egyptology in the University of Oxford. The
decipherment and description of the Greek collection was undertaken by the two well-
known scholars Drs. Grenfell and Hunt, who have already issued two volumes; the first,
dealing with the literary portion, made its appearance in 191 1, the second, dealing with the
non-literary documents of the Roman and Ptolemaic periods, in 1915. The concluding
volume, which has yet to appear, will treat of similar documents of the Byzantine period.
The Catalogue of the Coptic Papyri and Codices, ranging from the sixth to the sixteenth
century, was compiled by Mr. W. E. Crum, and issued in 1910. The Arabic papyri, of
which there is a considerable collection, are being dealt with by Professor Margoliouth.
There are several very fine Gospel-books in the collection of Greek codices, but the
most important member of the group is a considerable fragment of the ' Odyssey ', possibly
of the later decades of the third century of the present era, which consequently takes rank
amongst the earliest examples of vellum books which have come down to us. The text of
this codex was published in extenso in the first volume of the Catalogue of Greek
Papyri, along with the papyrus documents with which its date and Egyptian provenance
naturally associates it.
In Syriac the Library possesses a vellum codex of the Peshitta Gospels of the sixth
century, and what is probably the earliest known complete New Testament of the Heraclean
Version, written about a. d. 1000, besides a number of other outstanding texts, which await
examination and description by Dr. Rendel Harris. By far the most noteworthy manu-
script in this language is that which enshrines the Odes and Psalms of Solomon, discovered
by Dr. Harris in 1909, and which already has excited such world-wide interest that quite
a library of literature has grown up around it. A facsimile edition of this interesting text
was published by the Governors of the Library in 1916, and it has been followed by a new
translation of the Odes in English versicles, accompanied by an exhaustive introduction,
dealing with the many textual, linguistic, and other problems to which this manuscript has
given rise, the result of considerable research on the part of Dr. Harris and his co-editor
Dr. Mingana.
The Hebrew collection comprises a number of fine antelope, goat, calf-skin, and vellum
Rolls of the Law, and of the Megilloth, several illuminated codices of the Haggadah,
and a number of liturgical texts. In Samaritan there is a remarkable group of Biblical and
liturgical codices including an interesting vellum copy of the ' Pentateuch ' written a. d. 121 i.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE ix
Amongst the recent acquisitions on the Oriental side is a collection of upwards of
a hundred palm-leaf manuscripts of the Buddhist Scriptures in Pali, Singhalese, Burmese, and
Thibetan, for the most part from the library of Professor Rh3's Davids, many of which arc
of exquisite workmanship, written in large black characters on unusually broad leaves
thickly lacquered in gold. Another group of manuscripts of considerable importance on
account of their extreme rarity consists of forty pieces of undetermined antiquity, in the
language of the Mo-so people, a non-Chinese race scattered throughout Southern China,
although their stronghold and the seat of their traditions is the prefecture of Li-kiang-fu,
called in Thibetan ' Sa-dam ', and in the Mo-so ' Ye-gu ', which is in the north-west of Yim-nan.
The manuscripts are mostly oblong in shape, measuring about three inches in height by ten
inches in width, and are written in picture characters on a thick oriental paper of uneven
texture, apparently brown with age.
Turning now to the Western manuscripts whether produced in England, Flanders,
France, Germany, Italy, or Spain, there arc some hundreds, including, as Dr. James has
pointed out in his preface, examples of first-class quality of the art and calligraphy of all
the great mediaeval writing schools of Europe, ranging from the sixth to the nineteenth
century, and covering a wide range of subjects including: Biblical, liturgical, and patristic
texts, hagiography, theologj', classics, chronicles, histories, charters, papal bulls, pedigrees,
heraldry, law, science, and alchemy.
If the manuscripts themselves excite interest and admiration not less striking are many
of the jewelled and enamelled bindings in metal and ivorj', dating from the tenth to the
thirteenth centurj', which impart to them a character and value of a ver3' special kind.
A number of these have been interestingly described, at our request, by Dr. James, who
disavows any claim to expert knowledge of the subject. It is the intention of the Governors
in the future to invite some exf)ert to prepare a monograph upon these noteworthy relics
of mediaeval art.
With such a heritage it is clearly the first duty of every library carefully to preserve
the books and manuscripts entrusted to its care, but the real importance of such an
institution rests not upon mere custodianship, nor upon the number of works assembled
upon its shelves, but upon the use to which they are put. It is essential therefore that the
value and importance of such a collection should be made known, and with this object in
view the Governors, assisted by a number of scholars, each recognized as an authority in
his own special line of study, have undertaken the publication of a series of descriptive
catalogues of which the present volumes form a part.
It should be explained that the present volumes represent the first instalment of the
Catalogue of the IVestern Manuscripts, and describe the first group of the Latin rolls and
codices which are almost exclusively written in the book hand.
Considerable additions to this Western section have been made since the present
catalogue was taken in hand, many of which are of considerable historical importance,
including a number purchased at recent sales of the collections of the late Sir Thomas
Phillipps. The following items, taken almost at random, may be mentioned as indicating
the character of the recent acquisitions : cartularies of St. Mary's Abbey at York, Warden
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X INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Abbey, Tolethorpe, Melsa, and one volume of that of Fountains Abbey; several early
papal bulls ; an interesting collection of briefs, patents, wills, marriage contracts, deeds of
gift, and other documents relating to the Medici Family, from the Medici Archives;
a number of wardrobe and household expenses books of King Edward I, King Edward II,
Queen Philippa of Hainault, Queen Joan of Navarre, and Queen Catherine of Aragon ;
a treasury account book of Charles VI of France ; a fourteenth-century chronicle of 'the
Dukes of Normandy and Kings of England ; a large number of court and manor rolls,
including those relating to, and comprising practically the history of the Manor of West
Horsley; the original collections of Sir John and Sir Henry Savile for the history of
Yorkshire ; two fifteenth-century manuscripts of Richard Rolle of Hampole ; a fifteenth-
century illustrated chronicle in roll form; a fourteenth-century Latin Vulgate Bible on
uterine vellum ; a palimpsest of an Icelandic manuscript of laws promulgated in Iceland from
1281 to 1541 ; and many other documents which are of interest to the students of diplomatic,
as representing the legal aad court hands of the same period. These are being examined
and described, in readiness for inclusion in the succeeding volumes of the present catalogue,
by Mr. Robert Fawtier, 'Agrege d'histoire, ancien membre del'Ecole Fran^aise de Rome',
who is one of the Assistant Keepers of Manuscripts.
It will interest students also to learn that Sir Henry Mainwaring, Bart., late of Peover
Hall, Cheshire, has recently deposited in this Library, on loan for an indefinite period, for the
use of students, his interesting collection of manuscripts, which includes many early charters,
and other material relating to the county of Cheshire. The Mainwaring family had been
seated at Peover ever since the Conquest, and had the good fortune to possess State papers,
diaries, household books, and literary papers of the seventeenth century, besides a vast
quantity of deeds and evidences relating to their lands, which cannot fail to be of interest
to the student of the history of the period covered by them. Many of the Peover deeds
are of the time of Edward III, or earlier, and about five hundred of them are older than the
reign of Henry VIII ; the earliest are some charters granted, in the twelfth century, by
Earls of Chester. The collection was briefly described in' the Historical Manuscripts
Commission, Tenth Report, Appendix, part 4, pp. 199-210, and a temporary manuscript
catalogue, prepared by Mr. I. H. Jeayes in 1895, is deposited with the collection. For the
information of those interested in the subject, it may be stated that it is our intention to
publish in an early issue of the Bulletin a hand-list of these documents, which is at the
present moment in active preparation by Mr. Fawtier.
In concluding this introductory note the writer desires to express, on behalf of the
Governors, their grateful appreciation of the valuable service to scholarship which Dr. James
has rendered in undertaking for them the examination of the manuscripts described in the
present volumes.
The Authorities of the Library also desire to acknowledge their indebtedness to the
Controller of the Oxford University Press for the unremitting care which he has bestowed
upon the production of the catalogue.
HENRY GUPPY.
The John Rylands Library.
PREFACE
THE actual nucleus of the collection of manuscripts described in this volume consists of
those acquired from Earl Spencer with the Althorp Library, purchased by Mrs. Rylands
in 1892. They are, however, few in number (little over twenty), and of slight importance
in comparison with the great accession that Came with the purchase, in 1901, of the
manuscripts of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, formerly at Haigh Hall. These,
which constitute the first 118 numbers of the present collection, include many volumes
of the greatest beauty and interest. .The residue, between 50 and 60 in number, have
been acquired at various times from the Phillipps and other sales, or singly from book-
sellers. They make up a total of 183 articles.
Since the date of the last acquisition described here, many additions have been made
to the collection of Latin manuscripts. These will be dealt with in due course in a separate
volume. Other volumes will treat of French, English, and other Western manuscripts.
This is concerned only with the first portion of the Latin.
Among the Crawford manuscripts are examples, ol first-class quality, of the art and
calligraphy of all the great schools of Europe. Italy is represented by the Ravenna
papyrus (i), the Exultet Roll (2), the Lyra (29-31), the Colonna Missal (32-37). France
by the Luxeuil Homiliary (12), the Amiens Bible (17), the Apocalypse (19), the Psalter
of Jeanne de Navarre (22). From the Netherlands come the Liege Gospels (10), the
portion of a Bible (16), the beautiful Horae (39). Germany is unusually well repre-
sented by the PrOm Lcctionary (7), the Murbach Cyprian (15), the Altenburg Bible (4, 5),
the Arbor Cahtatis (18), the Gospels of Otto (98), of Svenhilda (no), of Bremen
(87). There is a remarkable group of Spanish books : Beatus on the Apocalypse (8),
Gregory's Morfflia (83), Cassiodorus on the Psalms (89), Smaragdus (104): and Portugal
contributes a fine Armorial (28). England is less prominent ; but the Sarum Missal (24)
would be a leading feature in any collection, and the Canterbury Epistles (109) is of very
considerable interest. The Leges Angliae (\^s) is also a most remarkable book.
The sources from which these fine books were brought together can in many cases be
named. About fifteen of the most interesting came from Libri, and passed from him to the
Bateman collection, dispersed in 1893. The Didot sale of 1874 brought three (8, 10, 19) of
considerable note, and the Howell Wills sale of 1894 four or five. One of the latest and
most remarkable purchases was that of the Psalter of S. Maximin of Treves and another
fine Psalter (116, 117) from the Bollandist Fathers at Brussels, from whose library the
Gospcl-bbok of Otto (98) had been acquired at an earlier date by Sir Andrew Fountaine.
b 2
xii PREFACE
But of some other important volumes it has not been possible to fix the source or date of
acquisition : such are the Exultet Roll (2), the Hours of Mary Queen of Scots (21), the
Arbor Caritaiis (18), the Sarum Missal (24), the Flemish Horae (39), the Gospels of
Svenhilda (no). I presume that the order in which the books were numbered by
Lord Crawford — an order with which I have not interfered — represents, at least roughly,
the order in which they came into his possession.
A propos of the numbering : it will be noticed that from no. 77 onwards there is a
discrepancy between the numbers in the Catalogue and those of Lord Crawford, which
are added in brackets. This is due to the fact that nos. 78-86 in the Crawford Library
were late paper books and documents (some of family interest) which were not purchased
by Mrs. Rylands. Others were excluded from the present catalogue. Thus 92 was
a block-book, Ars Memorandi : 107, 108 were recent paper books; 117 -119 were certain
so-called ' Mozarabic ' MSS. — fringed bits of skin inscribed with characters unknown to
me — which I felt unable to date or describe. They were once Libri's, and were lots 48-50
in his sale of June i, 1864: a facsimile may be seen in pi. xiii of the sale-catalogue.
Lastly, 121, a Canon Mtssae, and 123, Horae of M'"'= de la Rochejaquelin, were retained by
Lord Crawford.
In that part of the collection which did not come from Haigh Hall the most remarkable
books are the Italian Missal (123), the Notre Dame Breviary (136), the Leges Angliac (155),
the Metz Gospels (159), the Paris Horae (164), (these two bequeathed by Mrs. Rylands),
Abbot Islip's prayer-book (165), the Origen on Romans from Beauvais (174), and the Bede
from Gladbach (182).
Many famous collections and owners, besides those already named, figure in the list of
provenances : the Abbeys of Stavelot, Evesham, Whalley, By land : Popes Julius II and
Pius VI : the Duke of Sussex, Baron Grassier, Mr. William Morris, are among them.
As has been already indicated, the numbering of the MSS. is fortuitous, depending
mainly upon the date of their acquisition, though the Spencer MSS. (137 sqq.) are an
exception. No attempt has been made to arrange them according to their subject, date, or
country of origin, nor do I suggest that it would have been desirable to treat what one
hopes is a growing collection on any such principle. It will not, however, be without use
to give in this preface tables of dates and countries and a classified subject-list of the books'.
The dates of the manuscripts range from the sixth or seventh century to the nineteenth.
They are distributed as follows :
Cent. VI-VII. no. 1.
VIII. 15. VIII-IX. la.
IX. 174. IX-X. 10.
X. 9, 83 (A.D. 914), 87, 89 (A.D. 949), 91, 98, 104 (A.D. 945), 116.
X-XI. 2, 118.
^I- 7. 25 (?), 4a, 43. 85, 88, 96, 107, no, 172. XI-XII. 93, 108, 109.
XII, 4, 5. 6, 8, II, 13, 23, 26, 40, 84, 86, 90, 99, 155, 159, 182.
XII-XIII. 148.
PREFACE xiii
XIII. .3(?), i6, 17, aa, 34, 44, 74 (?), 94, 117, laa, 131, 140 {part), 150, 151, 153 (a.d. 1369), 166.
XIII-XIV. 45. 72. "5.
XIV. 18, 19, 46, 75, 95, 115, ia4, ia7, ia8, 13a (a.d. 1333-4), 134* (a.d. 1308), 135 (a.d. 1317), 140
{part), 141 (A.D. 1303), 149, 170. 173 (A.D. 1346-7), 175 (part), 180, i8r.
XIV-XV, 70, 71, 131. 147, 154, 177.
XV. 14 {mainly), ao, ai, 37, 38 (A.D. 1416), 39-31 (A.D. 140a), 39 (A.D. 1487 ?), 41 (A.D. 1404), 47,
48, 49, 50, 51, 53, ,54, 55 (A.D. 1470). 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 76, 80, 81,
93 (before 1458), 97. 100. >0'. '02 (a.d. 1448), 103, in, 113 {after 1485), 114 (a.d. 1458-9), 119
(dr. 1405), 130, 133, 126 (A.D. 1478), 139, 130. ^ii' 134 (a.d. 1440), 136, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145.
146, 156-8, 160, 161. 163, 163, 164, 165, 167 (A.D. 1469''), 168 (A.D. 1457), 169 (A.D. 1449),
171, 175 (part), 176, 178, 179 (.\.D. 1433).
XV-XVI. 63.
XVI. 33-37 (A.D. i530<?>-'555). 3<*. 52 (A.D. 1501), 105, 106, 153 (a.d. 1501).
XVII. 73, 77 (A.D. 1685), 8a, 139, 143 (A.D. 1673).
XVIII. 78, 79. XIX. 183.
The manuscripts which it is possible to date precisely are these : —
.\.D.
A.D.
A.D.
.\.ij.
83.
914
^i5-
i3>7
55-
J470
>34.
1440
89.
949
HI.
^3Pi
93.
bef 1458
167.
1469?
104.
945
«73-
1346-7
I03.
1448
168.
1457
7-
1036-68
38.
1416
"3-
after 1485
l6y.
'449
•53-
1369
39-31.
140a
114.
1458-9
179.
1432
133.
'32.3-4
39.
1487?
119.
cir. 1405
35-
1555
'34'-
1308
4»-
1404
136.
1478
52. '52.
77-
'43-
1501
1685
1673
ClassiHed according to country of origin (the actual place-names will be found in the
alphabetical list of provenances and owners), the manuscripts fall into these divisions : —
England: 24, 45 (?). 8°. 94. 109. 119, i32, 139, 130, 133, 134, 135, 140, 146, 147. '5°. ^hi> '54, I55> '65,
166, 170, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183.
Freaue : 9, la, 17, 19. 33, 33 (?), 38, 40 (?), 51, 53, 54, 113 (?). 117, 137, 131, 136, 137, 143, 143, 151, i6a,
164, 173, 174.
Germatiy : 3, 4. 5, 6, 7. »3. »5. >8, 36, 37, 4a, 69, 70, 8a, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 95, 98, 100, 103, 105,
106, 108, no, III, iia, 116, 118 (?), I30, 136, 148 (?), 153, 156-8, 159, 167, 173, 181, 183.
Ireland: 78, 79.
Italy: i, 3, 14, 39-31, 34-37, 41, 43. 44, 46, 47. 48, 49. 53. hb^ 56-64, 65, 68, 71, 72 (?), 74, 75, 76, 81,
97, 103, 107, 115, 131, 133, 134, ia8. 133,-138, 141 (?), 144, 160, 161, 163, 168, 169, 171, 175, 178.
Netherlands: 10,11, 16, 30, 31,39,50, 66-67 (?), 73, 77, 93, 99, loi, 114, 139, 145, 149.
Portugal: 38. Spetin : 8, 83, 89, 96, 104.
Switzerland: 135.
In the distribution into subjects I follow a grouping which I have used in other
catalogues : —
Bibles, whole: 4-5, 17, 93, 140, 149, 156-8, 166; part of O.T. 16.
Psalters: 3, 20, 33, 75, 95, 108, 116, 117, 137.
New Testament, whole: 115,133.
Gospels: 7, 9, 10, 11, 87, 88, 98, no, 159, 173; single gospels (Luke) 13, (John) 94.
Pauline Epistles: 33, 109. Catholic Epistles: 90.
Apocalypse: 8, (19).
xiv PREFACE
Pictured Bibles : 18. Arbor Caritatis. 19. Apocalypse. 37, 69. Speculum.
Apocryphal Text : 125. Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
Liturgical Books: Antiphoner 74, 78-9, 171.
Breviary 45, 55, 136.
Capitula and Collects 103.
Devotions (private) 129, 165.
Diurnal 152. . '
Episcopal Offices 142.
Epistle-book 46.
Exultet 2.
Gospel-books, see under Bibles.
Homily-book 12, 85.
Horae 20, 21, 38, 39, 51, 52, 54, 80, loi, 127, 138, 144, 145, 160-164. '
Invitatories 97.
Lectionary 25.
Missal 24, 26, 32-37, 43, 84, 119, 123, 1.51.
Obituary roll 1 14.
Offices for Nuns 100.
Psalters, see under Bibles.
Patristic and Medieval Theology :
Augustine, Rule of 126. Grosseteste 153.
Beatus on Apocalypse 8. Jerome on 12 Prophets 93.
Bede on Acts and Cath. Epp. 107. Josephus 4c.
Bede, History i8a. Lyra on the Bible 29-31.
Bernard 86. Malogranatus 120.
Bernardinus 102. Origen on Romans 174.
Bonaventura 112. Peckham, Jo., 181.
Cassian 49. Peter Lombard 6, 99.
Cassiodorus 89. Sermons 131, 176, 179.
Cyprian 15. Smaragdus 104.
Gregory, Moralia 8:5, ii8. Torquemada 50.
„ Pastoral Care 124.
Late Theology: 77 Mysterium Sophiae.
Lives of Saints: 91 Columbanus, i-^^ Faustinus and Jovita, 175 Francis, 128 Legenda Aurea.
Secular Literature :
Classical authors: 41, 121, 148 Virgil, 47 Terence, 48 Florus, etc., 56-64 Cicero, ijj Justin, etc.,
139 Perizonius on Terence, 141 Pseudo-Aristotle, 143 Lucretius, 150 Aristotle,
167 Donatus, 168 Persius, 169 Valerius Maximus.
Chronicles, Histories, Pedigrees, Heraldry: 38 Armorial, 40 Josephus, 68 Matth. Palmerius, 72, j 13
Chronicle Rolls, 73 Peter Pots (pedigrees), 76 Roglerius, 81 L. Dathus, 146
Chronicle, 170 Polychronicon, 178 Jac. Bracellus, 182 Bede.
Law, Legal Documents. Roman Law : i Ravenna deed.
44 Justinian, Institutes.
Canon Law : 43, 46 Burchardus.
Common Law: 130, 147, J54 Registrum Brevium.
155 Leges Angliae.
, 177 Statuta Angliae.
i8c Itin. lusticiariorum.
134. 134' Deeds.
PREFACE XV
With these we may class :
132, >35. 173 Accounts.
183 Transcripts of documents (Harlcston).
Science : 53, 66, 67 Astronomy. 65, 8a Alchemy.
105 Magic (Michael Scot).
General Literature : 70 Scptem Sapientes, etc.
141 Egidius Romanus de regiminc principum.
Miscellaneous: 14 Miniatures.
71 Pilgrims' Roll.
• ic6 Letters of Abp. Hermann.
The method of the catalogue does not perhaps need much explanation, save the
notation I employ for recording the Collation, that is, the structure of each book. In these
I use the following symbols and devices. Letters a, b, denote old fly-leaves or preliminary
and final quires, not containing the te.\t of the book : arabic numerals the ordinary quires
of the book. The expression i*-/ (wants 6) means that the first seven gatherings are of
eight leaves each, and the seventh wants its sixth leaf: 9* (+1), that the quire is of eight
leaves with one added leaf: ro* (5 cane.) that the fifth leaf has been cancelled, not leaving
a gap in the text : 11' (+ i*) that an extra leaf, probably with a picture, has been added
next to the first leaf of the quire.
For the rest, I give the uicif>ils and explicits of all texts (except prayers, hymns, and the
like) and references to printed editions. In many cases Migne's Patrologia Latvia (P. L.)
is cited by volume and column. And I describe, as fully as seems necessary, everything
that can be called a picture.
I ought to add that I have no exj)ert knowledge of ivories, enamels, gems, or metal-
work, and that my descriptions of these must be taken for what they are worth.
The writing of this catalogue has been long in hand. I had made a small beginning
upon the Crawford manuscripts before 1901 at the invitation of Mr. Edmond, the much-
regretted librarian at Haigh Hall. The transference of the books to Manchester caused
me to lay the work aside, but in 1905 arrangements were made for its resumption, and the
manuscripts were sent to me in batches and described by me at Cambridge. The inter-
ruptions to work caused by other researches and by University and College business, in
particular by my tenure of the office of Vice-Chancellor in 1913-15, were many, and the
correction of proofs (printing was begun in 1913) and selection of illustrations went on but
slowly, the delays, it is but right to say, being all on my side, and being borne with
unfailing courtesy and patience by Mr. Guppy. I cannot doubt that the catalogue would
have been a better piece of work than it is, had it been made by some one who was in
a position to refer constantly to the manuscripts : but I hope that it will be found to contain
the essentials of description, and such an account of each document as will be of substantial
use to students at a distance, and also to those who have the books before them. Who
can flatter himself that in the process of chronicling some thousands of details he has never
been led ;istray by his eye, his intelligence, or his pen ? Certainly not I : the more work
of this kind I do (and I have done much) the more pitfalls do I see opening before me.
That I have made blunders and omissions and have been guilty of inconsistencies will
xvi PREFACE
certainly become obvious in the course of time to those who use this book : but I trust,
and am on the whole hopeful, that none of them will prove to be seriously misleading.
I must, in this connexion, ask the reader not to neglect the Addenda and Corrigenda .
My best thanks are due to various helpers — to Mr. Guppy in the first place for his
patience, which I have taxed, and for his ever-ready kindness in responding to my many
questions : to Mr. S. C. Cockerell, director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, who has read
a considerable portion of my proofs and supplied me with much valuable information : to
Controller and staff of the Oxford University Press, who have done all that was possible on
their side to secure accuracy and beaut}^ in the printing of the text and plates^ and to
Mr. A. Rogers of the Cambridge University Library, upon vy^hom has devolved the work of
preparing the Indexes,
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES.
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS
Titk
Old Prm>enance
Source
Place Cent.
I. Latin Papyrus
Ravenna
Bologna, Musco dell'
Istituto, etc.
Italy VI -VI I
a. Exultct Roll
pict.
S. Italy X-XI
3. Psalter
Libri
Germany XIII?
4. 5- Bible
AUenburg
pict.
Germany XII
6. P. Lombardus super Psalmos
Himmcrodc
pict.
Germany XII
7. Gospels
PrQm
pict.
Germany XI
8. Bcatus super Apocalypsim
A. F. Didot
pict.
Spain XII
9. Gospels
pict.
France X
10. Gospels
Li^e
Cras.sier, A. F. Didot
pict.
Flanders IX-X
II. Gospels
Dinant (Belgium)
pict.
Flanders XII
la. Homilies
Luxeuil
Libri
France VIII-IX
13. Lucas glossal us
Himmcrodc
Germany XII
14. Miniatures
Italy, &c. XIII-XVI
15. Cyprian
Murbach
Libri, Bateman
Germany VIII
16. Bible (Gen.-Ruth)
pict.
French XIII
Flanders
17. Bible
Celestincs of ? :
S. Achcul
Duchcssc dc Bcrri
pict.
France XI 11
iK. Arbor Caritatis (roll)
pict.
Germany XIV
19. Apocalypse
A. F. Didot
pict.
France XIV
2C. Horac and Pftlter, Sarum
pict.
Flanders XV
a I. Horac. Mary Queen of Scots
pict.
Flanders XV
aa. Psalter, Queen Jeanne do Na-
Mainwaring
pict.
France XIII
varre
a3. Epp. Pauli Glossatae
Libri, Quaritch
France? XII
24. Missal, Sarum, Henr. de Chi-
pict.
England XIII
chester
a> Lectionary, fragment
Libri
XI?
a6. Missal, fragment
Germany XII
a?. SpcculuiD Salvationis
von Schwalbach
pict.
Germany XV
aR. Armorial
pict.
Portugal 141 6
a9-3t. N. Lyra super Bibliam
Malatesta, Gonzaga,
Mantua
pict.
Italy 1403
32-37, Missal, PompeodiColonna
Sciarra-Colonna
family
pict.
Italy XVI
38. Horac. Galiot dc Gcnouillac
H. Perkins
pict.
France XVI
39. Horac, etc
J. G.an Austin Canon
pict.
Flanders 1487 ?
40. Josephus
Libri
dec.
France? XII
41. Virgil, Aencid
A. F. Didot (1878)
Italy 1404
4a, Burchardus, fragments
C
Germany XI
XVlll
Title
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS
Old Provenance Source
Place
Cent.
43. Missal, fragment
Italy
XI
44. Justinian, fra:jment
Italy
XIII
4.5. Breviary, fragment
England PXIII-XIV
46. Epistlc-book, fragment
Italy
XIV
47. Terence
Villani family
Italy
XV
48. Florus, etc.
Italy
XV .
49. Job. Cassianus
•
Libri, Quaritch
pict.
Italy
XV
50. Torquemada
Ghent, S. Peter's
P. G. Didot
Flanders
XV
51. Horae, Rodcz
France
XV
52. Horae, etc., Rouen
pict.
France
I50I
53. Chr. Prolianus
Ferdinand I of
Aragon ?
W. Morris
dec.
Italy
1478, &c.
54. Horae, Brittany
pict.
France
XV
5,5. Breviary. Milan
Italy
1470
56. Cicero, de Divinatione
Italy
XV
57. de Amicitia, etc.
Strozzi
Boncompagni ?
Italy
XV
58. Tusc. Ouaest., etc.
Braschi
Italy
XV
59. Tusc. Quaest.
Italy
XV
60. Epp. ad Diversos
Braschi
Italy
XV
61. De Officiis
Italy
XV
62. Epp. ad Diversos
Pius VI, Braschi
Italy
XV
63. Epp. ad Diversos
Italy
XV-XVI
64. Epp. ad Diversos
Braschi
Italy
XV
65. Alchemica
Bragge, Quaritch
dec.
Italy
XV
66, 67. Astronomica
dec.
Flanders?
■XV
68. Matth. Palmerius
dec.
Italy
XV
69. Speculum Salutis
' Carthusians, Mont-
pellier '
Duke of Sus.sex ?
pict.
Germany
XV
70. Septem Sapientes, etc.
Germany
XIV-XV
71. Pilgrims' Roll
Italy
XIV-XV
72. Chronicle Roll
Italy?
XIII-XIV
73. Pedigrees : Peter Pots
Antwerp
Flanders
XVII
74. Antiphoner
Libri
pict.
Italy
XIII?
75. Psalter
Brescia
pict.
Italy
XIV
76. Roglerius, etc.
Bland
Italy
XV
77. Mysterium Sophiae
Utrecht
dec.
Holland
1685
78, 79. Antiphoner
Meelick
O'Kelly
dec.
Ireland
XVIII • —
80. Horae, Sarum
dec.
England
XV
81. L. Dathus
Libri
. dec.
Italy
XV
82. H. Khunrath (Dee)
'Huniades'
engr
. Germany
XVII
83. Grcgorii Moralia
S. Pedro de Cardefia
Batcman
dec.
Spain
914
84. Missal, fragment
Libri, Bateman
Germany
XII
85. Homily-book, fragment
Kloss, Bateman
Germany
XI
86. Bernardi Sermones
Bateman
dec.
Germany
XII *
87. Gospels
Bremen
Bateman
pict.
Germany
X
88. Gospels
Walbeck
Libri, Bateman
pict.
Germany
xi
89. Cassiodorus super Psalmos
S. Pedro dc Cardciia
Libri, Bateman
dec.
Spain
949
90. Epp. Catholicae glossatae
Weisspnau
Bateman
pict.
Germany
XII
91. lonae Vita S. Columbani
Libri, Batcman
Germany
X
92. Bible
Bateman
pict.
Germany
'^•.1450
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS
XIX
TitU
Old Provenance
Source
Place Cent.
93. Hieronymusin XII Prophetas
Stavelot
Bateman
Flanders XI-XII
94. lohannes glossatus
Bateman
England XIII
95. Psalter
Constance ?
Bateman
pict.
Germany XIV
96. Burchardus
Spain XI
97. Invitatorics
Howell Wills
dec.
Italy XV
98. Gospels
Emperor Otto
Bollandists, Foun-
taine, Quaritch
pict.
France ? X
99. P. Lombard! Sententiae
Toumai
Howell Wills
Flanders XII
100. Offices (Nuns')
Howell Wills
Germany XV
loi. Horae, etc
Howell Wills
dec.
Flanders XV
102. Bemardinus
Gaeta Franciscans
Howell Wills
Italy 1448
103. Cdpitula, Collects, etc
Cologne
Germany XV
104. Smaragdus
Silos
, Libri
Spain 945
105. Michael Scot
Libri, Londes-
borough
Germany XVI
106. Abp. Hermann, Letters
Germany XVI
107. Beda in Act. et Epp. Cath.
Phillipps
Italy XI
io«. Psalter
Mainz or S. Gall.
Duke of Sussex,
Tempsford, Stuart
pict.
Germany XI-XII
109. Epp. Pauli
Christ Church. Can-
terbury
M. Johnson
England XI-XII
110. Gospels
Svcnhiida
pict.
Germany XI
III. Justinus, etc.
Germany XV
113. Bonaventura
Erfurt, ' Li^e '
Libri
Germany XIII
113. Chronicle Roll
pict.
France ? XV
1 14. Mortuary Roll
Voorst
Ashbumham
pict.
Flanders 1458-9
115. New Testament
dec.
Italy XIV
116, Psalter
S. Maximin, Treves
Bollandists
dec.
Germany X
117. Psalter and Horae
Dusseldorf, Bol-
landists
pict.
France XIII
118. Gregorii Moralia
Petersen
dec
Germany ?X-X I
119. Missal, Hameldon
Peach of Leicester
pict.
England 1405
1 30. Malogranatus
Dulmen
Germany XV
131. Virgil, Aencid
Spolverini family
Phillipps
Italy XIV-XV
13a. New Testament
Flvesham Abbey
Lilburn
England XIII
133. Missal
Peckover
pict.
Itely XV
1 34. Gregorii Pastorale, etc.
Italy XIV
1 35. Testamenta XII Patriarcharum
Veesenmeyer,
Phillipps?
Switzcr- XIII-XIV
land
136. Augiistinl Regula
Duke of Sussex
Germany 1478
137. Horae, Sanim
Hickie, Beck
pict.
France XIV
1 38. I^enda Aurca
Conybeare, Phillipps
Italy XIV
139. Devotions
England XV
130. R^istrum Brevium
Phillipps
England XIV
131. Sermons, etc.
Bonnecombc Abbey
Allard, Phillipps
France XIII
13a. Accounts
i:dward II
Phillipps
England 1333-4
133. Passio SS. Faustini et lovitae
Brescia ?
Drury, Phillipps
Italy XV
134, 134 a. Deeds
Phillipps
England XV & XIV
135. Mine-Accounts
Calstock
Phillipps
England 1317
136. Breviary
Paris
Jchan Moler(?)
pict.
France XV
C 2
XX
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS
Title
Old Provenance
Source
Pldce Cent.
137. Psalter, etc.
Willoughby
Spencer
pict.
France XV
138. Horae
Spencer
pict.
Italy XV
139. Perizonius on Terence
Spencer
Holland XVII
140. Bible
Spencer
pict.
England XIII & XIV
141. Aegidius Romanus
Mafifeo Pinelli, 1789
Spencer
pict.
Italy 1 303
142. Episcopal Offices, Auxerre
Bp. J. Baillet
Spencer
France XV
143. Lucretius
Lamoignon
Spencer
France 1672
144. Horae
Spencer
dec.
Italy XV
145. Horae
Spencer
pict.
Flanders XV
146. Chronicle
Paxton
Spencer
England XV
147. Registrum Brevium
Spencer
England XIV-XV
148. Virgil, fragment
Spencer
Germany PXII-XIII
149. Bible
Spencer
Holland XIV
150. In Aristotelem, etc.
Whalley Abbey
Spencer
England XIII
151. Missal
Spencer
France XIII
152. Diurnale
Nuremberg
Spencer
Germany 1501
153. Templum domini, etc.
Byland Abbey
Ashburnham
England 1269, &c.
154. Registrum Brevium
England XIV-XV
155- Leges Angliae
Canterbury ?
Quaritch
dec.
England XII
156-158. Bible
Metz, Celestines
Bull and Auvachc
Germany XV
159. Gospels
Metz?
Mrs. Rylands
pict.
Germany XII
160. Horae
Eleanora Gonzaga
Mrs. Rylands
pict.
(Flemish) XV
Italy
161. Horae
J. Rosenthal
pict.
Italy XV
1 6a. Horae, Paris
Mrs. Rylands
pict.
France XV
163. Horae
Sherratt and Hughes
J. Rosenthal
pict.
(Flemish) XV
Italy
164. Horae, Paris
Battlesden (Sir Gre-
gory Page Turner,
T«a4), Dr. F. N.
Richards
Mrs. Rylands
pict.
France XV
165. Prayer-book
Abbot Islip, Sir T.
Gage, 1867
E. H. Laurence,Am-
herst of Hackney
pict.
England XV-XVI
166. Bible
H. White
England XIII
167. Donatus
de Murr, Amherst of
Hackney
Germany 1469?
168. Persius
Maffeo Pinelli
Spencer
Italy 1457
169. Valerius Maximus
Maffeo Pinelli
Spencer
Italy 1449
170. Polychronicon
Phillipps, Hodson
England XIV
171. Antiphoner
Julius II
pict.
Italy XV
172. Gospels
Rolinkhusen
Bragge, H. White
Germany XI
173. Accounts
Septeme
France i 346-7
174. Origen in Ep. ad Romanes
Beauvais
Le Caron dc Trous-
France IX
sures
175. Bonaventura, Vita S. Francisci
Lazzari
Italy XIV & XV
176. Sermons
Bedford Library,
Quaritch
England XV
177. Statuta Angliae
•
Phillipps
England XIV-XV
J 78. lac. Bracellus, etc.
Prince Cibo of Massa
Phillipps
Italy XV
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS
XXI
Titk
179. Sermons: the Mirror
180. Iter iusticiariorum
1 81. Joh. Peckham, etc.
1 8a. Bede
183. Harleston Transcripts
Appendix. Book-cover
Old Provenance Source
Welbeck ' Abbey,
C. Clark
T. Martin Phillipps
Campen (Kempen) Van Ess, Phillipps
Abbey
Gladbach Phillipps
Spencer
St. Eucharius. Rogers, Batetnan
Treves
Place Cent.
England 1433
England 1339
Germany XIV
Germany XII
England XIX
Germany X & XIII
BINDINGS
3. Ivory or bone carvings, modem ?
4, 5. Metal, stones, ivories.
6. Metal, stones, enamels.
7. Metal or ivory lost.
10. Metal, stones, enamels, ivory.
11. Metal, enamels.
13. Stamped, c. xvii.
33. Stamped.
34. Skin and boards.
33-37. Armorial, c. xvii ?
38. Stamped, c. xvi ?
48. Metal bosses.
50. Stamps erased.
51. Ivories.
5a. Metal, stones, ivory.
55. Stamped, c. xvi.
58, 60, 63, 64. Stamped (Braschi).
61. Metal bosses.
65. Boardii, stamped leather.
70. Boards, staple and chain.
74, 75. Boards, stamped leather.
8c. Skin and boards.
83. Initials, 1675.
84. Boards, stamped leather, initials.
86. Boards, stamped leather.
89. Boards, metal bosses.
93. Boards, stamped leather.
93, 95, 97, 98. Skin and boards (clasps).
100. Metal,
loi. Skin and boards.
103. Metal, stones.
J04, icK. Skin and boards (stamps).
no. Metal.
III. Metal, stones, relief in stone.
113. Metal, stones, enamel.
117. Boards.
118, 1 30, 1 3 1 , 1 36. Skin and boards (stamps, bosses,
clasps).
139. Stamped.
153. Skin and boards.
153. Old boards.
165. Boards, stamped leather (arms : Henry VII).
167. Boards, stamped leather.
171. Boards, metal bosses.
173. Ivory.
182. Boards, parchment.
Appendix. Ivorie.s (Life of Christ), metal reliefs,
gems.
LIST OF OWNERS AND PROVENANCES
Acheul, S., 17.
AUard, AbW, 131.
Altenburg, 4, 5.
Amherst of Hackney, Ld., 165, 167.
Amiens (?), 17.
Antwerp, 73.
Ashburnham, Ld., 153.
Auxerre, 142.
Baillet, Jean, Bp. of Auxerre, 143.
Bateman of Youlgrave, 35, 83, 84,
85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93,
94, 95, Appendix.
Battlesden, 164.
Beauvais Chapter Library, 174.
Beck, T. A., 127.
Bedford Library, 176.
Berreville (Normandy), 52.
Berri, Duchesse de, 17.
Bland, 76.
Bollandist Library (Brussels), 98,
116, 117.
Bologna, Museo dell' Istituto, i.
Bonaventura, Abbot, 90.
Boncompagni ?, 57.
Bonnecombe Abbey, 131.
Braschi, Cardinal, 58, 60, 62, 64.
Bremen, 87.
Brescia, 75, 133 ?.
Brittany, 54.
Bull and Auvache, Messrs., 156-158.
Byland Abbey, 153.
Caetani, Duke, x (Add.).
Campen Abbey, 181.
Canterbury, 109, 155?.
Cardena, S. Pedro de^ 83, 89.
Celestines, uncertain house, 1 7.
Chichester, Henry of, 34.
Clark, C, 179.
Cologne, 103.
Colonna,Pompeodi,Cardinal, 33-37.
Constance, diocese of, 95.
Conybeare, J. J., T28.
Corvisieri, Professor, i [Add.).
Crassier, Baron, 10.
Crawford and Balcarres, Earl of,
1-118, Appendix.
Cybo, Prince, 178.
Dee, Dr. John, 82 ?.
Didot, A. F., 8, 10, 19.
Didot, P. G., 50.
Dinant on the Meuse, 11.
Double, L., 113.
Drehus, 120.
Drury, 133.
Dulmen, 130.
Dusseldorf, Jesuits of, 117.
Edward H, 132.
Erfurt, Carthusians of, 112.
Evesham Abbey, 122.
Exeter?, 24.
Fortescue, Kath., 165.
Fountaine of Narford, 98 {Add.).
Gaeta, Franciscans of, 102.
Genouillac, J. Galiot de, 38.
Ghent, St. Peter's, 50.
Gladbach Abbey, 182.
Goesheyd, Henr., iii.
Gonzaga, Ludov. de, 29-31 : Eleo-
nora, 160.
Gregory de Norbury, i^^.
Halffwassen Q. Hermann, 120.
Halstat, Conrad de, 92.
Hameldon, 119.
Hartmannus, 90.
Haule, de la, 52.
Herenthals, iii.
Hickie, D. Benfield, 127.
Himmerode, 6, 1^ {Add.).
Hodson, L. W., 170.
Howell Wills, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102.
H unlades, 82.
Hunnerode {error for Himmerode),
6.
Islip, Abbot, 165.
J. G. (initials), 39.
Jeanne de Navarre, Queen, 22.
Johnson, Maurice, 109.
Julius n. Pope, 171.
Kempen Abbey, 181.
Kenricke, C, I23.
Kloss, Dr., 85 ?.
K never, 152.
Lammens, P. C, 50.
Lamoignon, 143.
Laurence, E. H., 165.
La Valli^re, 53.
Lazzari, Marco, 175.
Leuwenheuwer, 117.
Libri, 3, 12, 15, 33, 35, 40. 49.
74, 81, 84, 88, 89, 91, 104, 105,
113.
Li^ge, 10, 113.
Lilburn, C, 132.
Lilly, J., 108.
Londesborough, Ld., 105.
Luvard (?), M., 40.
Luxemburg, 100.
Luxeuil, 13.
Maimbourg, Pf., 15.
Mainwaring, Sir H., 33.
Mainz, 108.
Malatesta, Pandolfo di, 29-31.
Mantua, Franciscans of, 39-31.
Martin, Thos., of Palgrave, 180.
^
X
LIST OF OWNERS AND PROVENANCES
XXUl
Mary Queen of Scots, ai.
Massa, Prince, 1 78.
Meelick, Ireland, 78, 79.
Mellyng, Hugo, 176.
Metz, i59(?): Celcstines of, i-,6-
158.
Meyer, J., 50.
Milan, 55, 1x4.
Molcr or Mozer, J., 136.
Montpellier, 69 (doubtful).
Morris, W., 53.
Murbach Abbey, i.").
Murr, C. T. de, 167.
Neuburg, Phil. Wilh. von, 9, 117.
Norton, Job., 122.
Nuremberg, Clares of, 153.
O'Kelly, The, 78, 79.
Otto II or III, Emperor, yh.
Paris, Notre Dame, 136, 164.
Paxton, Wolstan, 146.
Peach of Leicester, 1 19.
Peckover, Jonathan, 1 23.
Perkias, Henry, 38.
Pesaro, place of writing. 39-3 1.
Petersen, VV., 118.
Phillipps, Sir Thoma.*?, 107, 121,
135, Ii8, 130, 131, 133, 133,
134, 134<», «35. «7o. «77. »/«.
180, 181, 183.
Pius VI, Pope, 58, 60, 6a, 64.
Poole, Kath., 165.
Porcellinis, Anth. de, 76.
Pots, Peter (Antwerp), 73.
Prum Abbey. 7.
Quaritch, B., 13, 33, 49. 9^ {Add.),
155. 176-
Rarinck, Egbert, loi.
Ratisbon, Francis, Bishop of, 87.
Ravenna, i.
Rellingshauscn. 172.
Richards, Dr. F. N., 164.
Rupert, Abbot of Priim. 7.
Rochester, 109.
Rodcz, diocese of, 51.
Rogers, S.. App.
Rolinkhusen, 172.
Rome, church of S. Cecilia, 74.
Rosenthal, J., 161, 163.
Rylands, Mrs. J., 159, 160, 162, 164.
St. Gall., 108.
Savile of Bankc, Henry, i,';3?.
Schwalbach, V'olprccht von, 27.
Septcme, 173.
Shcrratt and Hughes, Messrs., 163.
Silos Abbey, 104.
Smith, Ralph. 176.
Spencer, Karl, 137-153, 168, 169,
183.
Spolvcrini, ui.
Stavelot Abbey, 93.
Strozzi family, 57.
Stuart, W., 108.
Sussex, Duke of, 69?, 108, 136.
Tempsford Hall, io3.
Tournai, S. Martin, 99.
Treves, S. Maximin, 1x6. S.
Eucherius, Appendix.
Trone, W., 143.
Troussures library, 1 74.
Turner, Sir Gregory Page, 164.
Uncertain, 18, 48, 49, 93, 117, 126,
139, 151-
Utrecht, 77, 149.
Van Ess, L., 181.
Van Hulthem, 19.
Veesenmeyer, 9, 135.
Villandraut, 17?,
Villani family, 47.
Voorst Abbey, 1 1 4.
VValbeck (Walbekc), 88.
VVameford, Eliz., 165.
Warner, H. H., 133.
Wartenberg, Francis von, 87.
Wcisscnau Abbey, 90.
Wclbeck Abbey, ;.79.
Wclton, T.. 153.
Whalley Abbey, 153.
White, Henry, 166, 172.
Wiboldus, 93.
Willoughby family, 137.
Wills, Howell, see Howell.
LIST OF SCRIBES
Andreac, M., 77.
Brigida, no.
Calker, H., ia6.
Citta di Castello, John of, 141.
Corbizi, Littifredi, 14'^
Corsini, B. dci, 41.
Dephainx, 143.
Endura, 89.
Fabri, Sebastian, 152.
Fferyng, Joh., 176.
Gibertuzzi, Ugol. Mar., 39-31.
Gigantibus, Joachim de, 53.
Gomez, 83.
Islip, Abbot, 165.
Johannes of Silos, 104.
Kaadt, A. de, 77.
Kalker, H., 126.
Leonardus filius Saraceni, .1 68,
Littifredi Corbizi, 14".
Masius, loa.
Mercatellensis, Petrus, 48,
Ridder, H., 126.
Rigot, Michel, 52.
Rodius, Joh., 35, 37 ?.
Sebastianus, 89,
Svenhilda, no.
Syronus, Joh., 55.
Vivianus de Carminatis, 169.
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
1. H. B. van Hoesen in his Roman Cursive Writing, Princeton. 1915. p. 217, gives the following particulars
of the history of this papyrus. It was 'at different times in Bologna, Museo dell' Istituto, at Rome in
possession of Professor Corvisieri, and in the possession of Duke Caetani '. He also gives there additional
references to publications: Pal. Soc. II, pis. 51-53: Mopaci, Arch Pal. Ital. I (Rome, 1882-9), pis. 1-5;
R. Riginti, Fra i papiri di Ravenna, Tl papiro Marini yo (Rome, icyo6): Reusens, pi. 5: Silvestre, pi. 13:
Williams, H. .S., Manuscripts, etc. described (l^onAon and New York. 1902), pis. 90, 90*.
The account and partial transcript in PaL Soc. (which at least should have been known to me) shows
that neither Marini's transcript nor my own have avoided errors.
pi. 51 (11. 1 3-24). At end of 1. 23 the letters s voce should be italicized and bracketed as missing.
pi. 52 (11. 34-37). 1. 38. aolis read adis.
1. 39. supranuminatae.
I. 30. factu read facta : at end italicize kanne.
I. 31. magistro.
1. 33. end : italicize //.
1. 34. quae read que.
L 35. pracnuminate.
pi. 53 (11. 3H-59). 1. 40. iNM(a8«Ac
I. 42. cptAiciA read wK-
I. 46. end : read kouciB . . .
I. 5a Cubicx rtad cabiss'.
I. 51. uneciarum . . . inn . . . supemuminate . . . suptanti^.
1. .52. iiisequae.
I. j6. conserbondcs.
I. 58. Eccl. read aeccl.
Note that uc = uir clarus, uh. = uir honcstus.
6. For Himnerode read Himmcrodc.
7. This MS. is noticed in Sauerland and Haseloffs study of the Egbert- Psalter at Cividale (Treves, 1901^
pp. 99, ici). I lascloff assigns it to the Echtemach school.
8. p. 34. The picture of Babylon surrounded by serpents, and with the tombs of the Three Children in
the centre (f 204*). receives a curious light from the Legend of Babylon, now only known in Slavonic versions
of a lost Greek original: it is translated by A. Wcssclovsky in Archiv fiir Slavische Philologie II, 127, 308.
Nebuchadnezzar, it appears, rebuilt Babylon on a new site, and surrounded it with a great image of a serpent
whose open mouth formed the only gate into the city. In his son's reign this serpent became alive, owing to
the transgression of an injunction laid down by Nebuchadnezzar. All the inhabitants of the city were
devoured by serpents, and the city lay desolate for centuries, infested by venomous creatures. A Greek
emperor (Leo VI the Philosopher, seemingly) sent an expedition thither to procure a relic from the shrines of
the Three Children, which was obtained at the expense of a good deal of danger from the dragon.
The desolate and serpent-haunted condition of Babylon is alluded to by many mediaeval writers, and
forms a feature in romances, notably in the Apollonius of Heinrich von Neustadt, and in the Letter of Prester
John, in which he says : ' Every year we visit the body of the holy prophet Daniel in Babylon the desolate,
with a great host, ami all are armed because of the tyri and other serpents which are called tarantes.' So also
d
xxvi ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
Vincent 'of Beauvais' in the Speculum Naturale, xx. 49, quoting the liber de naturis rerutn, says : ' Circa
turrim Babel et in desertis ilh'us antiquae Babylonis ac ruinis eius maximi dracones habitare dicuntur, quorum
vox ac rugitus homines terret.'
10. (p. 28, 1. 7). This MS. is or was till lately preserved at Lidge.
15. The abbreviations and contractions. &c., in this MS. have been studied by Professor A. Souter in the
Bulletin of tlic John Rylands Library, 1918-19. He considers it to have been written at Murbach. In^the
Bulletin for 1919, p. 392, Professor Souter traces the book from Murbach to Colmar town library (1791), thence
to Canon Maimbourg, parish priest of Colmar (1846). His heir .sold it with other books to Duprat of Paris,
from whom Libri must have procured it.
24. Since my account of this MS. was written, the full text of it has been edited by Dr. J. Wickham Legg
{The Sarum Missal, Oxford, 1916).^ It is described by him (p. ix) as the earliest missal of the Sarum rite
known to us. Another paragraph (p. xiii) may be quoted :
' It should be noticed that the book is a complete missal ; indeed, it contains more than is commonly
found in later missals. For instance, the processional is usually a book by itself; but here the anthems for
the procession may often be found at the beginning of each mass for the Sunday or certain other holidays.
There are also several offices from the Manual, such as baptism, marriage, visitation of the sick, and burial of
the dead. There are even fragments from the Pontifical, the form for confirmation, and for reconciling peni-
tents on Maundy Thursday. Adest 0 venerabilis pontifcx comes by itself after the ordinary of the Mass.'
On p. vi he says (after pointing out that the Feast of the Relics is here on Sept. 15, whereas in 1319 it
was ti'ansferred to July) : ' The fact that the manuscript contains no mention of the feast of Corpus Christi is
also in favour of an early date. The first beginnings of this festival are thought to have arisen in 1246 at
Li^ge, a place not very far from England ; it is said that its celebration was not compulsory in England until
a council held in the year 1332, but at the same time it should be noticed that Urban IV had instituted the
feast in 1262, with indulgences to those that kept it, and other arrangements for spreading its observance.'
At the end of the Order of the Mass (f. 155'') are the words : Sicqtie completur officiuvi misse secundtim
us7tm Sarum.
Items which I should have included in my list of contents are :
Reconciliacio penitencium (Maundy Thursday) f. S;**
Ordo ad Cathecuminum faciendum. Ritus confirmationis et communionis (Easter Eve) 99
The ' Prayers for the Dead ', f 233'', should be called The Trental of S. Gregory.
The added Masses which precede the Kalendar in our MS. are printed as Appendix I (p. 497)
by Dr. Legg.
27. p. 78, 1. 19, read: The parable of the two servants (or of the Talents) : above, &c.
32-37- Colonna Missal. In Quaritch's catalogue, no. 164 (October 1896), no. 8 is another volume of this
Missal, dated MDXXXIX Mens. Mai xxi. It contains Masses
in octavis Nativitatis Domini
in Epiphania
Purificationis B.V. Mariae
and would therefore come next to Vol. Ill (no. 34) of the Rylands Library set.
It is in the original binding of smooth red leather gilt in panels in the Venetian style, and bearing the Colonna
insignia in the centre-pieces and in the borders. It contains 91 large initials and 272 small ones. The marginal
border on f xviiii encloses the Colonna arms and bears the date given above. On f. xlv is a fine miniature,
the largest in the book, of the Presentation in the Temple. It was sold to Mr. G. Jay Gould of New York.
48. p. 108, 1. 6, begin the line with 3.
53. Mr. S. C. Cockerell suggests that the scribe of this book may have been Joachinus de Gigantibus of
Rothenburg, who worked at Naples. A facsimile from a Psalter written and signed by him in 148 1 forms plate
126 in the catalogue of the Burlington Fine Arts Exhibition of 1908; it .strongly supports Mr. Cockerell's
conjecture. See on him Mazzatinti, La Biblioteca dei Re d Aragona, Ixxv, &c.
66 was no. 5 in the Bragge sale, 1876 : bought by Quaritch for £\^, ^j.
' See also his Tracts on the Mass, Henry Bradshaw Society, 1904, pp. xxx, 217.
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA xxvir
81. This is probably the copy which occurs in Payne and Foss's Catalogue of 1837, no. 9115 ' Vibenae
gesta Porscnnac Regis et Clusinorum cum Praefationc augustini (sic) Dathr.
MS. of the fifteenth cent, upon vellum with illuminated capitals at the commencement. £^ ^s. od.'
83. The British Museum MS. Add. 25,600, a Passional, was written in 919 by the same scribe Gomez
for the same Abbot Damianus. See Pal. Sac. I, pi. 95.
86. The number in the Bateman sale was 261, not 25. Probably Payne and Foss, 1837, no. 8948, ;£'5 5j.o</.
87- I now find that this js the MS. described a.s iac. by Tischendorf It is entered on p. 989 of Gregory's
Prologometia 1894 in this form :
iac. Katisbonae monasterii sancti lacobi Scotorum (hodie Monacensis ?). Saec. ix. Ew.
Fertur fuissc S. Anscharii, diu in ecclesia Bremensi servatus esse. Fuit Francisci Guilelmi comitis de
VVartcnburg cardinalis ct epi.scopi |latisbonensis. Cf. Colomanni Sanftl Dissertatio in . . . ss. evangg. codicem
ms. monasterii S. Emmerami Ratisbonae. Ratisbonae 1786 p. 73 b. unde Tischendorfius notitiam codicis
hausit.
There is no doubt about the identity. The dating, to cent, ix, which I consider too early, is due to Sanftl,
whose book I have not seen.
88. The Walbeck or Walbeke to which this book belonged is that NW. of Magdeburg, not that near
Crefeld.
90. In Sera/xum VIII. 43 and IX. 137 (1847-8) are two notes by G. Haenel on the history of the
VV'eisscnau Library. In the first, based on the papers of Dr. Maier of Ksslingen, he gives two lists of MSS.
Ours figures in the second as no. 11, and apparently had an old number 54. The two Fitzwilliam M'Clean
MSS. (6 and 102) are in the first list. Others appear in the Libri (Miscellaneous) Catalogue of 186 1, viz.
(4987) Augustini Enchiridion, Quacstioncs Orosii, de vi diebus. of cent, xii : (4488) Aug. de vita Christiana etc.,
of cent, xi-xii: (4491) Matthaeus glossatus of cent, xi-xii: (.5067) Lucas glossalus, Lamentationes leremiae
of cent, xi-xii. Hartmannus tradidit (cf. our MS.). None of these are in the lists.
In the second note Maencl tells us that Bonaventura, last Abbot of Weissenau, retired in 1804 on the
secularization of the monaster)'. Dying about 1816, he left his library (largely derived from that of Weissenau)
to the former members of the convent. They had formed a community, over which he seems to have presided,
and had purchased a ca.stle at Licbenau, near their old home, in which the books were installed. On the death
of their last survivor, a Pfarrer Schlcgel, in 184a, it was found that he had in his lifetime parted with the
books, astensibly to a nobleman in Upjx:r Swabia. but in fact to the Jesuit collie at Freiburg in Ychtland.
The circumstances of their final dispersion are unknown to me.
92. The number in the Bateman sale was 265.
93. There is a list of the .Stavelot .MSS. in Seraptuin VIII. 254. Ours was no. 175 in the sale () 847). and
was bought by Rodd for 400 francs.
98 was lot 1 38 in the Fountainc sale at Christie's in July, 1894, and was then bought by Quaritch, It is
no. I in his catalogue no. 144 (August, 1894). See a mention of it by A. Haseloff in A. Michel's Hist. deCArt,
i. 730 : he assigns it to the School of Cologne. He speaks of it as the original chef d'auvre which inspired
such books as the Gospels of St. Gcrson at Stuttgart, and docs not doubt that it contained figured subjects
which are now lost.
114. p> 207, no. 251. Gemblaux rtad Gembloux.
155 <R. 16980) was purchased in 1908 from Quaritch.
156 158 (R. 1 7183) was purchased in 1909 from Messrs. Bull and Auvache.
169 (R. 17973) was bequeathed to the Library by Mrs. Rylands, with the rest of her books.
160 (R. 17974)
162 (R. 17976) were in like manner bequeathed by Mrs. Rylands.
164 fR. 17979) '
167 (R. 1 638 1) was purchased in 1908 at the Amherst sale: it was no. 287 in the sale-catalogue.
172 was no. 339 in the Bragge sale, 1876 : purchased by Quaritch for ;6"69.
CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
1. LATIN PAPYRUS.
Papyrus, 1620 x 272 mm., on eleven sheets, apparently : mutilated at each end. Of
cent, vi or vii, in seven hands : all but one write in Latin cursive, the exception writes
Latin in Greek half-uncial. A few letters are lost at the end of almost every line.
The whole text is printed by Gaetano Marini, / Papiri diplomatici, Rome, 1805, no. 90, p. 139. In his
time the papyrus was ' In Bologna nel Museo dell' Istituto ', as were also nos. 84, 109, 142 of his collection.
I copy Marini's text, which I have compared with the original, and add some notes ; lines 30-54 are
reproduced in the plate.
I qua
pdtae scac Rau. Eccl. pro oblationcm et rcmcdium animae mcae sc. praedictae
numquam esse uenturum scd perpctuis tcmporibus tarn me
quam hhdgs successoresque meos inlesam atquc xnmzculatam sc. haeredcs
conscruarc pcrmitto cxcluso a me ucl meos hhdcs omnium 5
legum beneficia iuris et facti ignorantia fori loci militiaeque
perscribtione scu quod de reuocandis donationibus sunt per
lege indulta donantibus quoni<zm ad hanc \Argitatem meam
sponte ut superius fatus sum et huic habita dclibcratione/fr
uim * nullius cogcntis consilio ucl admoncntis inpulso quam in- xo
reuocabiiem donationis mcac usufruct uariae paginam sstarum sc. suprascriptarum
•ex uncianim principalium in integro totius substantiac meo^
mobile ct inmobilc sesequc nioncntibus sicut superius legitur
absque ullo doliri uim metu et circumscribtionc cassan/^
Uitali Tabcllioni huius Ciu. Rau. Rogatario meo scribend<im 15
dictaui in qua subter posteaquam mihi coram tcstibus atquc
ad sii^la relecta est consent iens in omnibus mano propria prop-
ter ignorantia litterarum signum acae Crucis feci ct tcstibuf
a me rogitis optuli subscribendam eorumque praesentia eam
uobis actoribus supranominatac scac Rau. Heel. contTadidi ao
quam et si gestis municipalibus allcgare maluerint actoriius
antedictae scae RSu. Eccl. liberam tribuo et concedo ex more It-
centiam allegandi non cxpectata dinuo mcac professionis voce
ut sum de pracscnti profcssus stipolationc et sponsionc sollemni-
tcr intcrposita Act. Rau. Imp Console et die suprascribt. . 35
Signum + manus lobanni u. c. Prm. Numerii fel. Ihzodosiac
ssti donatoris omnia ssta agnosccntis ct coa<icnticntis cui et rclect<> est
II. + lohannis adlis huic chartulac usufructuarx donationis sitarum sex uncprin-
cipalium in integro supranominatac totius substantiac mubilc et inmubile seseg.
' M. I'lM/, but I think uim is in the MS.
B
2 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
monentibus sicut superius legitur factu in ssta sea Rau. Eccl. a lohanne 30
Spatarx qd. Georgii magistri Mil. ct nunc Prm Num felicum Theodosi-
acus ssto donatore qui me praesentem signum scae Crucis fecit
et coram nobis ei relicta est rogatus ab eodem ad signum cius ro-
do Cliirocrista suscripsi et de conserbandis omnibus quae superi?<x scrip-
ta legunturad sea euangelia corporaliter mei praesentia /r«^/J/«V 35
sacramenta et hanc donationem ab eodem praedicto lohanne actore *,
praenuminatae scae Rau. Eccl. traditam uidi +
III. + Mapivoy xP"<"«^'<'»TaAaKTiy oueiK xaprouAe ouooucpopTu ....
vaTiwviy ccTopouju oi£ ouvKiapouju npiKinapico ivvixp . . .
vojuivare xwTiouycouciTaTie jioupeAe et ivjuwpeAe c .40
McojuevTipouc GirKou|u couirepiouc Aerirop tpoKTa ....
COKTO Papevvare erKAioia a Icoavve Pk Eicnarap ....
feopri Maeicxpo MiAirouju er vovoii TTpijuiKipiouc Nou.ue . . .
Kouju OeobcootuKoc aoToi bcovaroupe koi m' npeoe ....
^
VOU CQKTl KpOKlC <piK6T CT KWpa VOplC ' 61 piAlKTQ .... 45
Toc ap eobe/i jecTic coucKpiv(/i €t be KOjuoep ....
vipouc cojuvipoDC K£ counepiouc aKKpira Aerouv ....
coKja eupareAAia KopnoppaAirep jueei npecevn ..." ' . »
pouK nepvovevare coKTe Papevvare eKAicie rpa ....
IV. + Anastasius uh. ex Cubicx huic chartule usufructuariae donationis sstaruin sex 50
unciarum principalium in integro supernuminatae totius supstanti^ imibile
et inmubile siseque monentibus sicut superius legitur facta in ssiaru scam
Rau Ecclesia a lohanne uc. Expathario qd. Georgio magistro militu»2 et nunc
Primicirius Numeri filicum Theudosiacus ssto denature qui mi pvesenU
signum sancte Crucis ficit et cora nubis ei relicta est rogatus ab eodem 55
testis suscribsi et de conserbandis omnibus que superius adscribtrt legunttir
ad sancta euangelia corporaliter mei presentia prebuit sacramenta et hanc
donatione ab eodem pd. lohanne Acture prenuminate sancte Rav. Ecc/.
traditam uidi +
V. + Stefanus uc. Com uhic chartul. usumfructuariae ^ donations siipra 60
scribtarum sex unciarum principalium in integro supranomz«rt/a^
totius substantiae mouilem et inmouilem seseque monentibus sicut
superius legitur facta in ssta sea Rau. Eccl. a lohanne uc Exspatar
qd. Georgii Magistro mil et nunc Primicirx Num fel. Theodosiac
ssto donatore qu me praesentem signum see Crucis feciV et co 65
ram nobis ei relictum est rogatus ab eodem testis suscribsi et de con-
serbandis omnibus que superius adscribta leguntur : et sea euangelia
corporaliter mei praesentia praebuit sacramenta et hanc donationem
ab eodem praedicto lohannem Actorcm praenominate see Rau. Eccl.
traditam uidi + 70
VI. + Petrus uc com uhic chartul. usufructuariae donationis swpra.scribtamm
sex unciarum principalium in integro supramemonomenatae totius subs-
tantiae muuilem et inmuuilem * siseque monentibus sicut superi?« legitur
facta in suprascribta santa Rau. Eccl. a lohannem uc SY>aXario qd. Gear
gi Magistro mil. et nunc Premicirius Num fel. Theodosiacuj supra 75
• Marini vogc : but the i is there.
' Reference to the other formulae shows that a line has been omitted after 1. 48 by this signatory.
• Marini usufruct. * Marini movilem et inmuv,
LATIN PAPYRUS 3
scribto donatore qui me presente signum sante Crucis fleet et coram nobis
ei relictum es rogatus au eodem testis suscribsi et de conserban</w otnui
bus que superius adscribta leguntur et santa euuangelia coTporaiiUr
mei praescntia prebuit sacratnenta et banc donationem au eo6em praedic
to lohannem Acture prenominate santc Rau. Kccl. traditam uidi. 80
VII. + lohannis Except inl P huic chartulae usufructuariac donation/^ sstarum
sex unciarum principalium in integro supranominatae totius s\ihstantiae
mouile et inmouile seseque monentibus sicut superius \^g\\.wx facta in
ssta sea Rauennatc Ecclesia a lohanne uc Spathario qd. Geotgi Mag. Mil.
et nunc Primicirius Num felicum Theodosiacus ssto donatory qui mc 8j
praesente signuni scae Cnicis fecit et coram nobis ei relect/zw est rogatus
ab eodem testis subscribsi et de conseruandis omnibus quae superius ads.
cnpta leguntur ad sea Euuangelia corporaliter mei praLCsentia praebui-
t sacramenta et banc donationem ab eodem pdtd lohanne Actore
praenominatae scae Rau. Ecelesiae traditam uidi + ' 90
The rest is gone.
With regard to the text I note :
1. I. There arc slight remains of the b^inning and end of the line.
L 38. The cross is barely visible.
1. 44. The first half of the line (xov/i . . . a<nm) is practically gone.
1. 45. ^w<r «r very faint.
I. 46. KOfUTtp : the *p very hard to read.
I. 68. ttui . . . sacrameu/a not easily legible.
L 75. gi gone since Marini's time.
Of the seven sections all may have been written by different hands.
No. II is fainter than I.
No. V is more like I than any of the rest.
Nos. VI and VII arc of similar character. In VII the o resembles an a.
As to the matter. No. I is the end of the donation proper, which is attested by six witnesses in practically
the same form. The record lacks, besides the beginning of the donation, the subscription of the Tabellio, and
a Notitia Itslium, of which examples may be seen in Marini, no. 93, &c
Mabillon, in the Supplement to the De re Diplomatica, p. 89, gives a somewhat defective transcript of the
text, which he had seen in the Bologna archives {Iter Ital. p. 199): sec also the Nouveau Traite de la Dipl.
V. 637. Marini appears to be in the right where he differs from Mabillon.
Muratori, Antiqq. med. atv. v. 715, thought the document to be of the ninth century, and the authors of
the Nouviau Traits considered it much later than the fifth. Marini differs from these authorities. His words
arc ♦ bensl de' tempi ne' quali Ravenna era sottoposta agl' Imperatori Cpolitani e ai loro Esarchi, di che h
indubitata prova il nome della Truppa Teodosiaca, che vi si riparava, venutole da uno de' due August! Teodosi
per certo, t non gia dal figliuol di Maurizio, come in una nota ad una Icttera . . . di S. Gregorio ha pensato il
Gussanvileo ; quindi c che io lo giudico o della fine del vi. secolo, o al piu del vii.'.
He adds that a writer in the GiornaU de' Lttterati d' Italia (xvi. 138) identified the Vitalis Tabellio of 1. 15
of our document with a Vitalis Forensis of no. 113 (now at Vienna) who can be fixed to the year 504, but that
this kientification wholly lacks support.
B 3
4 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
2. EXULTET ROLL.
Vellum, i8i x 31 cm., on three membranes. Cent, x-xi (about a. d. iooo). Text in
a hand which Mr. Bannister (see below) describes as being 'of the S.E. Italian as distin-
guished from the Cassino type '.
The text of the roll, which is furnished with neumes throughout, is as follows :
Exultet^ iam angelica turba celorum
exultent diuina mysteria, et pro
tanti regis uictoria tuba into
net salutaris ",• Gaudeat se
tantis tellus irradiata fulgori 5
bus. et ^terni regis splendore lustra
ta totius ^ orbw se sentiat ammi
sisse caliginem Letetur et ma
ter ecdesta. tanti luminis adornata fulgore et
magnis populorum uocibus h^c aula resultef,' Quapropter lo
astantibus uobis fratres karissimi ad tarn miram sancti huius
luminis claritatem una mecum queso dei omnipotentis miseri
cordiam inuocate Ut qui me non meis meritis infra leui
tarum numerum dignatus est aggregare luminis sui gratia(m)
infundens c^rei huius laudem implere pr^cipiat *5
Per dominum nostrum hiesum xpm filium suum uiuentem secum
atque regnantem in unitate spiritus sancti per omnia
s^cula s^culorum. J^. AMEN. ^
Dominus uobiscum •,' ^. Et cum spiritu tuo •,'
Sursum corda •,• ^. Habemus ad dominum •,• 20
Gratias agamus domino deo nosiro •,• ^. Dignum et iustum est*,-
[Pic/ure of Christ in glory ^
Uere quia dignum et iustum est. Per xpm dominum nfm •,•
Qui nos ad noctem istam. non tenebrarum set luminis
\p.nd skin\
matrem perducere dignatus est. In qua exorta est ab in
feris in eternam diem resurrectio mortuorum *,• '5
[^Pictures : The Crucifixion ; Christ overcoming Satan ; The Harrotving of Hell^
[^rd skin"]
Solutis quippe nexibus et calcato mortis aculeo. re
surrexit a mortuis. qui fuerat inter mortuos liber •,•
Hie accendat
Unde nox ipsa sidereo pro ecclesiarum ornatu. cereorum
splendore tamquam dies illuminata collucet. quia in eius
matutino resurgente xpisto. mors occidit redempto 3°
rum. et emersit uita credentium.
Uere tu pretiosus es opifex. formator es omnium cui
qualitas in agendi non fuit officio, set in sermonis Imperio •,•
Qui ornatum atque habitum mundi. nee ad amplian
dum quasi inops potently, nee ad ditandum quasi ege 5
nus glorie condidisti"," [/'z<:/?/r^: The Nativity.]
Totus ac plenus in te es. qui dum per uirginea uiscera mundo ilia
' The initial E stretches down to line 9 inclusive.
* The ligatured ti is regularly used in toiius, sen/tiit, ^attain, resurrectio, &c.
EXULTET ROLL 5
ueris. uirginitatem etiam creature commendas •,• [Picture : Bees.]
dum
Apes siquidem ore concipiunt. ore parturiunt. casto corpore
non fcdo dcsiderio copulantur •,• \ Picture: Bees and Hive.] 40
Denique uii^initatem seruantes. posteritatem generant.
sobole gaudent. matres dicuntur. Intact^ perdurant. filios
generant. et uiros non noscunt. [Picture: Bees in Hive.]
Here the roll ends.
From line 23 onwards the text differs entirely alike from the old form printed by Duchesne {Origines du
eulte chrttien, p. 243) and from that now in use. Recently the Rev. H. M. Bannister, in the Journal of
Theological Studies, 1909, pp. 43 sqq., has shown that it is a fragment of what he designates ' the Vetus Itala
of the Exiiltet'. He has printed this text of the Exultet in full on the authority of some fifteen copies.
Tl)e collection of coloured reproductions from these Exidtct rolls, which has been in progress since 1899
(Latil, Le Miniature neiRotoli del Exultet, Monte-Cassino), affords no close parallel to the fragment before us.'
A noteworthy point is that in the Rylands roll the pictures are placed in the same direction as the text.
Usually they were drawn upside-down in order that, as the deacon proceeded with the benediction and allowed
the roll to hang down over the edge of the ambo in which he stood, the pictures might be displayed the right
way up to the congregation.
The decoration and illustration of our roll are very interesting. The main features are : a large initial,
a series of four large pictures occupying the whole breadth of the roll, and four smaller ones, introduced at the
ends of lines. They arc without backgrounds. The principal colours are blue, red, yellow, and brownish
green.
The large initial E, 24 centimetres high, is mainly composed of medallions connected by bands : each arm
of the E consists of a pair of these, and the stalk of Ave : at top and bottom are knots of plaited work.
The medallions contain central rosettes and concentric bands of blue, yellow, red. The following letters,
XVL, are monogrammatized, in colour.
I. The first picture represents Christ, bearded, with cross-nimbus ; throned, holding a book and blessing,
in blue robe over dark brown-red. On each side of Him is an angel turning towards Him, in dark brown-red
and green. The figures arc in an almost complete circle, divided into sections, some of which contain panels of
ornament. At top on V. this circle terminates in a serpent's head : opposite, on R., there is a break in the
parchment
a. The Crucifixion. The cross is edged with blue and bordered with a pattern (roughly a spiral of two
tunds of red and light brown) : the rest is yellow. At the comers of the top and arms are small pieces of
ornament springing from the cross. Christ has cross-nimbus, the arms of the cross in it being inscribed with
the word VE Ri TAS. He has blue loin-cloth, and is nailed with four nails : the feet very near the bottom
of the cross. Above the arms are the Sun and Moon in medallions (the former with red ground) : both are
half-length figures bearing torches and with one hand raised towards the face.
The only other figures are Longinus with the lance (L.) and Stephaton with the sponge and bucket. Both
arc in tunics, with rather elaborate ornamentation, and girt with swords.
A band of ornament separates these from the next picture.
3. Chri.st. overcomes Satan. He is in blue robe over brown, holding a roll in L. hand and spear tipped
with a small '-Maltese ' cross, principally in blue. He stands on Satan (or Death) a nude bearded figure with
rough hair who lies (head to L.) with a chain passing round his neck, and confining his wrists and ankles.
On R. and c. are two buildings connected by a curved line of battlements (passing above Christ's head).
Each building has a round (?) tower with conical red roof, ball, and cross at top. In the doorway of each
stands a group of robed figures lightly coloured : eight on L. in two rows, eight on R. in three rows.
4. The Harrowing of Hell. Christ facing R. robed as before, with a somewhat different cross or spear —
the cross here is smaller — stands with R. foot on an overthrown gate and L. foot (advanced) on the chest of
Satan, who lies bound with a chain as before. The chain confining his wrists is here seen to be a stout trans-
verse chain attached to that which binds the neck and ankles. Below him in front are fragments of gates.
' Perhapt the first in the scries, that of Monte-Cassino, comes nearest to our fragment.
6 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On L. behind Christ stand three rows of people (5, 4, 4).
On R. is a series of five round towers diminishing in height towards R. : from the top of the second proceed
flames : on the third is a soul plunged head downwards in flames : in the next, one hanging over the edge : in
the last, one other soul. In front of these towers is a row of figures ; those nearest to Christ are Adam and
Kve, robed. Christ takes the hand of Adam. The other figures are nude, some are prostrate. In the R.
bottom corner are two crowned heads and part of a monster (?).
5. The Nativity, a small picture. L. Joseph seated facing R.
C. on green ground : in front the Virgin on a bed, head to R. Above her the Child, swaddled, with cross-
nimbus, lies with head to R. : above this are the heads of the ox and ass.
R. The Child, cross-nimbed, in a vessel with a foot : a woman on L. supports Him : another on R. brings
a jug of water.
6. A small picture of five bees on a green plant.
7. A hive, represented as a blue cylinder lying horizontally. Bees above it and at the ends. On R. and
].. two plants, with bees.
8. A section, as I take it to be, of the hive, showing combs and bees working. On R. a plant, and bees
about it. The bees are represented throughout as large striped creatures more like small birds.
I cannot tell what subjects are missing from this roll : in the text no allusion was made to the Fall and
the crossing of the Red Sea, which are not unfrequently represented. Another common picture is that of the
Deacon performing his office in the presence of the Bishop and congregation : this may very well have occurred
in our copy.
3. PSALTER.
Vellum, 345x265 mm. ; flF. 3 + 74 + 3, 33 lines to a page. In a large, regular, German
hand, which at first sight seems to be of cent, xii late, but must be later.
From Libri's Collection : see below.
Collation. 3 fly-leaves: ii<'-6i'' 7^* (wants 13, 14) 8* (wants 3, 4) : 2 fly-leaves.
Fly-leaves from a late legal document in French: the year 1565 and a 'dame Johanne Lorrain' are
mentioned.
The Psalter arranged for choir use, with antiphons, &c.
Cantica 52*
Cantica monialia called ' Dominicis diebus cantica ' 57*
Hymni 6I^ including Corpus Christi, St. Benedict, Visitation of B. V. M.
The last is for St. Martin.
Lessons for the Office of the Dead 73
Ending 74* : 74'' blank.
The initials are in plain red. Some, with rude ornament, have been added in cent. xv. Several leaves
have red tags, and at f. 41 is a red leather button attached by a slip of white skin which has been rather prettily
stamped with a binder's tool. On f. 43 a piece of ornament has been pasted, and torn off".
Binding. Each cover has a border of gilt wood roughly carved. Within this is a band of ivory or bone
carving: it contains 16 hexagonal compartments set in squares, with a bust in each. A panel of metal-work
occupies the centre.
On the front cover this panel contains a crucifix in enamel, with the figure in relief, crowned, fastened
with four nails, and with eyes of enamel. The cross is enamelled green on a blue ground with small ornaments :
the title bears the letters IHS. The figure has a cross-nimbus, and there is a circle at the intersection of the
arms of the cross. It is nailed to a background consisting of strips of metal, those in C. enamelled, the outer
strips having a repousse pattern, which recurs on the other cover.
There are four metal bosses at the angles of the central panel on each cover.
PSALTER
On the other cover the central panel contains a gilt metal figure in high relief (of cent, xiii-xiv ?) of Christ
seated, crowned, holding book and blessing. A small turquoise is in the binding of His book, and His eyes are
turquoises. The nimbus is enamelled in dark blue, or black, and gold.
The ivory or bone carvings in the i6 compartments on the first cover are busts or almost half-lengths
of Apostles, &c. The grounds are gilt, and so are nimbi, edges of garments, and attributes held by them.
I cannot think they are genuine old work. They are as follows :
Front cover. Top from L.
Left, going downwards.
Bottom from L.
R. side, going upwards.
Second cover. Top from L.
I.
a.
3-
4-
5-
6.
Holds book inscribed P. ICN/GC (? propheta Enoc).
Short cross.
Book.
Scroll : P. SIM (? propheta Simeon).
Sword.
Book.
7. Small cross.
8. Church and key ?
9. Book : I0A P. (? Jeremiah).
Knife (Bartholomew).
Shrine or church, staff (.') or club.
Scroll : P. ZAC (Zacharias).
Small cross and book.
10.
II.
12.
14
•5
Larger cross (Andrew).
Censer ?
|6. Short staiT(or sword) : perhaps St. Paul.
I., going down.
Bottom from L.
R. going up.
I.
3.
3-
4.
5.
6.
7-
8.
9-
JO.
II.
I a.
n-
14-
15-
1 6.
DAN (Daniel).
It.
Scroll :
Mace?
Short staff.
P. EZH (Ezekiel).
Book.
Book and club (James the Less).
Open box with square objects in
Orb and cross.
PS. ISA (Isaiah).
Mitred, with key.
Saw (Simon).
Scroll : P. AM (Amos).
Cup and book (John).
Head in dish: hairy garment: staff with scroll (ECCE AN. .) John
Baptist.
Short stick (?).
Small cross and book.
The style adopted in these carvings is early : the attributes are characteristic of late date.
In the Libri Catalogue of 1863 (no. 317) this book cover is described. It then contained a ' Lectionary'
of cent, xi-xii (unless Libri mistook the Psalter-text for a Lectionary, which is quite possible). ' The frame of
the two sides is formed by 32 large ivory medallions (16 on each side) representing Saints and Prophets with
their devices, and bearing some inscriptions in uncial letters, the whole surrounded by a border of foliage in
the Greek style, and by sprigs forming compartments.
' In all probability these medallions date back to the sixth century, whilst the enamels and metal figures
are probably workmanship a little less ancient . . .
'The inscriptions on this diptych have certainly been engraved by Greek artists. This will be seen,
amongst other things, in certain Greek letters (the 0, for example, instead of O, erroneously engraving €N0C
instead of CNOC, and elsewhere, as well as H for E from habit) written in error in Latin inscriptions, which
the artists did not understand . . .
8 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
' Both parts of this diptych are represented in the Inedited Monuments.
' At the time of the binding, in order to find room for the metal, it seems to have been necessary slightly
to cut the ancient border of ivory and to shorten one arm of the crucifix . . .
' Nothing is amiss, excepting that the gold is slightly efifaced in some places. A small triangular fleuron
is wanting at the bottom of the upper cover, which might easily have been restored, had it not been thought
better to leave this slight defect, as shown in the plate of the Inedited Monuments, in order to leave this
admirable specimen of art in all its purity, unprofaned by any attempts at restoration.'
The reader will note and admire the transparent sincerity of Libri's nature.
4. VETUS TESTAMENTUM.
Vellum, 290 X 195 mm., ff. i + 221, double columns of 60 lines. Cent, xii, in a very
beautiful small, black, regular hand, probably German, with a slight slope. In quire 13
and some others an equally good, but upright hand, is seen.
Collation, i fly-leaf: i*'-6* 7^" 8'-io* ii<'-i3'^ 14^-20* (wants 6-8) ai^° 33'" 23' %^ 35^ 26^-28* 29*.
The first eleven quires are marked, at the bottom of the first leaf of each, by an ornament circular or
cruciform, usually in red and white ; the number of the quire is in the centre. In two cases a dog and
a serpent form the frame.
The book is said to have come from the Cistercian monastery of Altenburg. An erased inscription on the
fly-leaf (see below) bears out this tradition.
Contents:
Inc. epistola b. hieronimi presb. ad Paulinum episcopum i
Inc. prol. b. hieronimi presb. in librum genesis 3
In nomine domini. Inc. liber, genesis (red capitals) 3"
Expl. liber bresith. id est genesis.
Inc. Ellesimoth. id est exodus ^5
Levit.^ 24''. Num., 30''. Deut., 39''.
Jos. (prol.), 47"- J^'d; .53' ^"'^^ 57-
Reg; 59 (prol.).
Isa. (prol.), 89. In 178 chapters, clx (ch. Ix) is rubricated In epiphania domini.
y^r. (prol.), loi. Zffw/. (no title), 114.
Ezek. (prol.), 115. Chapters numbered to cix.
Dan. (prol.) ia6
Hos. Inc. prol. XX. prophetarum. Apud ebreos non idem ordo 130''
Amos ix. In die illo suscitabo. Ruhr. In adnentu.
Jonah iv. Rubr. In capite quadrag.
Micali. Et erit in nouissimo dierum. Rubr. In aduentu domini. Also : Pasce populum. Nolite credere.
Rubr. In pass, domini.
Nahum. Hec dicit dominus. Si perfecti fuerint. Rubr. Infratrum aduentu.
Other Advent lessons are marked in Hab., Zeph.
Hag. Et audiuit Zorobabel. Rubr. /« dcdicat. ecclesie.
Zech. Lessons are marked : In aduentu. In apostolorum. Ad ieiunia. In aduentu sollempni. In cena
domini.
Mai. In secundo aduentu.
Expl. liber prophetarum, 140. 140'' blank.
Psalter without title and in another hand, 141. From 141'' onwards each verse occupies a single line;
the hand becomes very minute. Cantica, 152. 153'' blank.
VETUS TESTAMENTUM 9
Prov. (prol. Chromatio . . . lungat epistola) 154
EccL, 159. Cant., 160'', divided by rubrics among the speakers.
Wisd., i6i\ Ecclus., 165.
Ending 1 73'' : mercedem uestram in tempore suo. Hucusque in grecis habetur. Et inclinauit Salamon
genua, &c. (oratio Salomonis).
I, a Chronicles (prol. Si septuaginta), 174. (No Prayer of Manasses).
Ezra (prol. Utrum difficilius), 188. Neh., 190'' (hesdr? secundus).
Job (prol. Cogor) 194
Tob. (prol. Chromatio), 2co. Judith (Apud hcbreos), 202^
Esth. (Hester uariis) 205''
I, a Mate. (Machabeorum libri), 308*, ending 221''.
On the fly-leaf an erased inscription in a late hand which revived reads :
•Anno dni 1542. 5 . . Idus . . .
t
Apud
vetcris motts ' Marie donavit hunc librura
G. ft
L5 •
ecclefic in vsum Vicarli ac parochianorum
Post nubila phoebus.
There is a large initial to the first Prologue. The body of the letter is in gold, the convolutions partly in
silver. The ground mainly blue, with small fields of green and red. A long-necked bird is introduced into
the lower part of the letter.
The prologue to the Pentateuch has a smaller initial, also in gold and silver, on blue, green, and red.
The same colours arc employed in the initial to Genesis. Into this arc introduced a bust of a man at
top, in silver, with gold hair, and gold band and collar to his garment : a bird in gold : a seated human figure
in silver, with his arms round the two uprights of the letter (I, which is drawn hollow). The opening words of
the text are in capitals mainly left white on fields of red and yellow.
In subsequent initials I note :
Leviticus : a full length figure, flesh and lower robe in silver, upper robe and hair in gold, outline (as
usual) in red.
4 Rtg. : .1 dog with serpent tail.
Isaiah : full length beardless figure in prayer, facing R. : in silver and gold.
Lam. to Malachi (in the second hand) have plain red initials.
The first hand resumes at the Psalter, f. 141. The triple division is marked by slightly decorated initials
in red: so also Dixit Dominus (Pa. cix).
Prov. : prologue, a bird : text, a beardless figure facing R.
Cant. : a bird. Ecclus. : a lion.
Etra : a serpent. Neh. : a bird.
Job (prol.) : a figure in prayer.
Tobit : the young Tobias (I-) touching the eye of his father. Both figures standing : the younger in
tunic, the elder in mantle over long robe.
Esther : a figure full face with hands bound round the letter (an I).
1 Mace. : a bird with green nimbus.
The same colours are employed throughout in the large initials. Initials of chapters arc usually in black,
filled in with red where the first hand writes the text, and in plain red where the second hand is employed.
Binding. The cover has (a) four repousse medallions, each representing a half-length female figure,
probably a Virtue. That at top holds a disk with a central projection, and a book. L. a sceptre. R. a paten.
The figure at bottom holds a sceptre and book.
(b) There are also eight raised panels of varied forms bearing dragons or birds repouss^.
' Veteris Montis •- AUenburg.
C
TO WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
(c) Ten stones eu cahochoii. All but one (which is purple) arc plain crystals.
i^t) A fine ivory, divided horizontally into two fields. Above, Decius, seated on L. Before him S. Xystus
in mitre, chasuble, pall (three crosses seen), and alb : behind him S. Laurence in alb (?), stole worn diagonally,
and maniple, and another nimbed man, whose head only is seen : all are beardless.
Below, Decius, throned, with diadem on L. Before him S. Laurence in sleeved robe over alb, introducing
'the treasures of the church ' represented by three poor men (two in close caps), one on crutches.
The intervals between the raised portions of the metal- work, forming fields of irregular shapes, are filled
with filagree work.
5. NOVUM TESTAMENTUM.
Vellum, 290 X 195 mm., ft'. 1+61 + 1, double columns of 60 lines. Cent, xii, written
by two (apparently) of the scribes of no. 4.
Collation : a^ (i lines cover) : 1^-3* 4" 5'*-H'' (wants 8) : b- (a lines cover).
On the fly-leaf is pencilled : Alleged to be from the Alterberger (Altenberger) Abtei zwischen Coin und
Diisseldorf.
On the last cover erased, in large letters is : ad scain Ceciliam (xv). In the first cover is a modern label
with the printed number 9 or 6.
Contents :
Pauline Epistles 1
. Rom. Romani sunt partes Italic
I Cor. Corinthii sunt Achivi. a Cor. No prologue.
Gal. Galathe sunt Greci
£p/i. Ephesii sunt Asiani
P/iil. Philipenses sunt Macedones
1 Tliess. Tessalonicenses sunt Macedones
2 Th. Ad thess. secundam
Laod. No prol. Col. Colosenses et hi.
1 Tim. Timotheum instruit. a Tim. Item timotheo.
Tit. Titum commonefacit. Pliil. Philemoni familiares.
Heb. Inprimis dicendum.
Acts 15^
Inc. pref. S. leronimi prespiteri de actibus apostolorum. Quibus locis apostoli doceant. id est. Petrus et
Paulus Rome. lohannes euangelista epheso. Andreas patras. Philippus in asia ciuitate metapoli {for in
ierapoli). Matheus ponto. lacobus hierosolima. Bartholomeus in phrigia ciuitate dolici. Thomas in india
ciuitate iothabis. lacobus alphei in ciuitate ioppc. Symon Zelotes in capadocia ciuitate ccsaree. ludas
iacobi in prouincia phenice ciuitate byreto. Marcus euangelista alexandria. Lucas euangelista antiochya.
Tymotheus epheso. Philippus unus de vii'""' cesarea palestine. Stephanus protomartyr hierosolima.
lohannes baptista in samaria ciuitate sebaste. Barnabas et Sileas cypro. ciuitate constantia. [Then follows
without a break the usual prologue] Lucas natione syrus.
Text ends, aa'' : nemine prohibente.
Expl. actus apost. Inc. prof de lohanne.
Prol. (lohannes apostolus) and capitula (opening words of chapters, 34). Text of the Apocalypse 23
Pref. de canonicis cpistolis. Non ita ordo 36''
James, prol. lacobus apostolus sem instruit clerum.
No other prologues.
NOVUM TESTAMENTUM ii
Expl. canonice epistole. Inc. capitula de circulo anni ag*"
In uigil. natalis domini.
There are ten Sundays after Epiphany. Then :
Inc. euangelia a septuag. usque in pascha.
Four Sundays after Pentecost : si.x post natale apostolorum : seven post S. Laurentium : seven post sancti
angeli : five ante naUile domini.
The last of the votivae is Pro tribulationibus.
Then follows another table of Gospels for Sundays, more shortly given : Dom. in pentecosten, Octave,
Dom. ii-vi post pentecosten, Dom. i-vi post nat apostolorum, Dom. i-v post S. Laurent., Dom. i post
S. Cyriaci, Dom. vii post S. Cypriani (sic), Dom. i-vii post S. Angeli, Dom. (blank).
Followed by one without heading : then Feria ubicunquc uolueris, Decommunione omnium christianorum,
De S. Trinitate, In uig. S. Michahelis, In uig. omn. sanct., Ad crucem, Contra hominem demone possessum.
The Sanctoral seems wholly Roman.
Inc. prol. iiii. euuangeliorum ^ 33<>
Plures fuissc, followed by Nouum opus. Matheus ex iudca.
Capitula to Mattluiu (Ixxv) 33i>
Dc generatione Christ! . . . docuit de baptismo.
Text yi^
Prol. to Mark. Capitula xiii (De iohanne baptista . . . et resurrcctio eius) 41''
Text 43»
Prol. to Liik<, 46^ Capitula xxi (Zachnrias uiso angelo . . . laudantcs deum in templo), 47. Text, 47'*.
Prol. to Johti. 'Inc. elencus' (Breuis euai^elii sec. loh. Phariscorum Icuitc . . . ct resurrectio eius; xiiii
capp.)
Text ends, 6l^ After xxL a3, quid ad tc, 4J lines arc obliterated. The erasure is irrecoverable. It
seems to have been a portion of text written erroneously and cancelled.
The end of the Gospel from Sunt autcm ct alia is in small capitals.
The Colophon is : Kxpl. euuang. sec. loh.
Decoration : Romans has an initial of the same colouring and execution as those in 4. Gold and silver
on blue and green : red on blue.
There is a break in the writing near the bottom of col. i, but I believe that no other hand save those of
no. 4 is to be found in this volume.
I Cor. : decorative initial in red. The other Epistles have initials in plain red.
Acts : initial in gold, &c.
A/oc. prologue : oimbed figure in gold and silver with book. Capitula : initial I, three vertical bands of
blue, red, and green. Text : initial in gold and silver.
CatA. Epp. prologue : gold and silver. James : figure in gold and silver. The others, initials in red with
patches of blue inside.
Gospels. Matthew : bird in gold and silver. Mark : tall bare-legged figure (John Baptist) in gold and
silver. Luke: bird with green nimbus. John : nimbed figure facing R., bird in gold above his head.
Smaller initials in plain red throughout.
BMing: The cover has (a) four repousse medallions with half-length figures of Virtues (?) of similar design
to those on no. 4, but not identical. Here they arc thus characterized : (i) Top, floriated sceptre ; (2) L.,
hands extended as if arguing or pleading ; (3) R., disk with cross?, and floriated sceptre ; (4) Bottom, plain disk
and book.
{b) Stones : four large crystals on the angles, four smaller ones above and below the lateral medallions.
The upper and lower medallions, and each of the four smaller crystals, is surrounded by four coloured stones
engiavcd or plain : in all twenty-four, making a grand total of ihirty-two stones, including the crystals.
Upper border, i. Red .stone : pelican in her piety, face R,, probably not a pelican really, but a bird
of prey ?
}. Red : tree in c, bird looking up on i.., lion (' rampant ') on R.
C 2
12
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
L. Upper set of four.
Lower set of four.
3. Blue green : Perseus face L., drapery over R. arm, holds out the Gorgon's head,
below which is a small Pegasus (springing from its blood) ; the herpe in his
L. hand ; an oval object (the shield-mirror ?) behind him.
4. Red : translucent, facetted.
1. White carnelian? Heracles lifting Antaeus.
2. White opaque stone : seated man, face L., playing lyre ; dog on L.: rough work.
3. Green, obscured by the setting. Draped figure holding out something in R. hand.
4. Red : translucent. Head of Hermes, bare, face L., caduceus behind.
I. Onyx : white field cut to show black ; very roughly cut figure in petasus ? facing K.
3. Carnelian (?) nude youth, face R., touching or placing a round object on a short
column.
4. White : hand holding a sort of trophy composed of a fruit or ear of corn ; two
drinking-horns with covers, a sistrum (?) between them ; rough.
Lower border. 1. Red: clear facetted stone.
3. Green : Heracles, bearded, with club, seated on rock, facing R., holds one of the
Hydra's heads (?) over a brazier ; two more serpent heads seen over his forearm.
This seems the best of the gems in execution.
3. Red opaque : Hermes facing R., drapery over R. shoulder. Caduceus held behind
him.
4. White : Atlas on one knee supporting the globe.
I. Brown : bust with filleted head, beardless, facing L.
3. Purple clear stone : plain.
3. Carnelian ? bird, spray of leaves below ; rough.
4. Black cameo : beardless head with laurel wreath facing R.
X. Carnelian (?) woman reclining (head to L.) on four-legged couch holding an
aplustre (?) ; rough.
3. Dark : draped figure, face L., holding cornu copiae and aplustre.
3. Cameo, white on black : bust of young girl, facing L. ; fair.
4. Red opaque : nude figure leaning on long staff, facing R., and holding out a purse ;
foliage or ornament surrounds it.
The Crucifixion. There is a suppedaneum : four nails are used. The nimbus has
a sort of trefoil incised on it.
The Virgin L., her L. hand holding her R. wrist ; some cusping within the ring of the nimbus.
St. John, L. hand holding R. wrist ; a book supported against his breast by the R. hand ; cusped nimbus.
Below the suppedaneum a small nude figure (Adam) in a tomb, beginning to rise.
A wavy ground is below the feet of the figures, and below this a representation of flames, apparently.
R. Upper set of four.
Lower set of four.
The central ivory.
6. PETRUS LOMBARDUS SUPER PSALMOS.
Vellum, 355 x240 mm., ff. 197, double columns of 48 lines. Cent, xii, in two fine
clear hands. Written in Germany.
From the Cistercian Abbey of Hunnerode : see later.
Collation, i* ii' (wants i) iii'-xxiv* xxv* xxvi*.
Binding. The front cover is plated with gilt metal, apparently of cent. xiii. It is thus arranged. The
border is composed of six oblong plates of enamel (at the comers and in the middle of the sides) bearing
decorative designs : the intervals between these are occupied by six longer strips of filagree work, each of
which is set with four stones.
PETRUS LOMBARDUS SUPER PSALMOS 13'
The central plate of gilt metal has an incised design of foliage partially surrounding a crucifix. The
figure on the cross is in relief, crowned, with loin-cloth, and is fastened by four nails. The cross is set with
small turquoises. The head (bearded) inclines to L. The title of the cross bears the letters IHS : above it is
the Divine Hand. The interior angles of the cross are filled in, so that there is a disk at the intersection. The
field or body of the cross is enamelled. At each extremity are two stones ; two more are on the R. of the lower
part of the cross, and one is opposite to them on L. Nail holes (seven in number) are in various parts of the
field. At the angles of the panel arc four disks of enamelled metal, bearing decorative designs.
The second cover is of wood, covered with green-brown velvet.
It can hardly be supposed that the metal plate originally belonged to the manuscript now associated
with it.
Contents :
f. I' was originally blank. There is now a long note, partly obliterated, forming part of col. 1. It
appears to be of cent, xiii early. It begins :
Apo. hec dicit sanctus ct uerus qui habet clauem dauid . . . humanitatis humilitatis.
It relates to the Psalter, and ends :
vitam actiuorum ; speculationcm contemplatiuorum propter sermonis apcrtionem et frequentatur propter
pcccatorum consolationem.
Lower down is a note in a similar hand :
Nota quot psalmos quot uersus contineat psalterium scd et mysterium.
Tcr quinquagenos cantat dauid ordinc psalmos.
duccntos sex
Versus bb millc .cc. vi. canit ille.
Ut sis perfcctus gcmino formatus amore.
Incipiendo, progrediendo, perueniendo.
There is a modern note giving the title of the book and its first printed edition.
At top of col. 3 is an erased inscription of provenance which is repeated on 104*", on which see later.
At the bottom of the page in C. a fifteenth-cent, class-mark P .1.
Petrus Lombardus super Psalmos (no title) i**
Cum omnes prophetas (P. L. cxci. 55).
These words arc in red and green capitals : the initial C is handsome in red outline, with internal patches
of green and blue.
Text continues : spiritus sancti reuelationc constat esse locutos.
f. 2^ ends : qui abiil. stetit. stdit. scd sccundus est.
Beatus cut omnia (in red and blue capitals, with large initial B) optata succedunt, &c. 3*
Subsequent psalms have plain initials. Names of authorities are in red in the margin. The hand changes
on 7*.
The psalms which begin Nocturnes or fifties have decorative initials (xxvi, f. 37; xxxviii,58''; li, 76''; Ixviii,
99; Ixxx, 112*'; xcvii, 142*'; ci, 144*; cix, 161).
On 1 04'' lower margin, in a large black script (xiii ?) is : Liber monachorum Sancte Marie in hunnerode
ordinis Cbtcrciensis, Treucrcnsis dioccsis.
The text eiids on 197' : omnis spiritus laudet dominum.
Qui mihi congaudet dc tanti fine laboris
Mente deum laudet, iubilo quoque consonet oris.
Then follows a note, in the same hand as that on f. 1 *, on Tabernaculum domini.
At the bottom of the column b the inscription of provenance (as before) erased, and below it :
Die lector Christe die scriptori miserere.
On 197*, occupying two-thirds of the page, is a rough drawing of a cherub, shown as a six-winged angel.
Its wings, and the five feathers in each, arc inscribed, and there is an inscription in red and green about the
frame.
Below b a title in red :
Inc. tractatus dc sex alb, '
14 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
and a portion of text in two columns in a neat small thirteenth-cent, hand :
Prima ala est confessio non laud is, &c.,
ending (imperfectly) :
sine presumptione sine alterius comparatione. Simplex . . .
The tract is variously ascribed to St. Augustine, to Bonaventura, to Alanus de Insulis, and to Clement of
Lanthony, and has been printed (e.g. Alani opera 1654, p. 173, Bonaventurae opp. torn. vWfin.).
On the gloss of P. Lombard see Hist. Lift. xii. 602. '-
7. GOSPEL-BOOK (PRiJM).
Vellum, 7ix5| in., ff. 173, 22 lines to a page. Cent, xi, finely written. Binding of
wood, rebacked and covered with black leather, in cent. xvii. In each cover is a rectangular
hollow, designed to contain a plaque of ivory or metal. In one the black cement or glue
remains ; in the other is a plain metal plate with five small holes by which an image in relief
was doubtless attached. Clasps gone.
Collation, i* (+ 1) a«-68 y" (8 cane.) 8^ 98 xo* (118-178 18*) 198-238 (wants 8).
The present foliation is incorrect, but will be used in the description.
Contents :
Dedicatory inscription of Abbot Ruotpertus of Priim i
Grant of land to the Abbey of Priim (another hand) i**
3». Blank.
■ Epistle for All Saints (?). Ad decus ecclesie recitatur hodie lectio libri apocalipsis lohannis apostoli, &c.,
with music on four-line stave (xiii) 3^
List of chapels, &c.. dependent on Priim (xiii) 4''
5". Blank.
On 6" a panel of purple, bordered with green.
On 6'', 7" pictures.
Gospels for the year beginning :
SEQ. S. EVANG. secundum Matheum (in red capitals) 7^
Cum esset desponsata mater.
In nocte. secundum Lucam. In iilo tempore. E.xiit cdictum.
45'', 46". Pictures. 46". Blank.
Passio secundum Matheum, 47. Sec. Marcum, ^^. Sec. Lucam, eo*",
65. Picture. Passio sec. lohannem, 66.
70. Late picture (xvi). _ -
73*. Blank. 7a^ 73*. Picture. Easter Gospel, 73^
83, 85. Pictures.
Ends with Dominica prima ante natale domini ijg
128'', 129. Blank. 130. Picture.
Gospels for Saints' days, beginning with S. Silvester 1^0''
^3i'\ "34% l34^ I37''- Pictures.
S. Georgii ct Adalbert!, 138''. S. Hudalrici, 145''.
150. Picture. 153. Full-page initial. 156''. Picture.
S. Remigii Germani et aliorum, 157''. . Leodegar, Gereon, Gallus, Cunibeit, 158.
Ends with Dedicatio Templi jg^
Gospels for Missae Votivae, 16], ending 167* Sabbato de S. IVIaria.
167'', 168 (last). Blank.
GOSPEL-BOOK (PROM) 15
The inscription on f. !• is in small capitals :
VIRGO MARIA TVVS • HVNC / LIBRV.M DAT TIBI SERVVS • /
ABBAS RVOIVrTVS I'RVMIEN'/SIS NOMINE DICTVS • /
RESPICE REDDENTEM • TIBI Iv/REQ«r VOTA VOVENTEM • /
TV PIA PLACATVM • FACTAS«,)JI«'/TVVM SIBI NATVM.
Rupert ' de artecastro ' was Abbot of Priim from 1026 to 1068, and is said to have been very active in
increasing the possessions of his monastery.
On i'*, a» is a later donation :
Notum sit omnibus in Christo fidelibus tarn prcsentibus quam futuris quod egoReinherus de Rumerisheim
domum meam in Prumia cum allodio meo Sancte Marie in Prumia delegaui, adstante Domino Abbate
Wolframwo cctcrisquc quam pluribus tam monachis quam clericis et laicis. Iunondo[do] de Rumerisheim.
o
Cunone." Waltero de Hcrlingesdorf. Rozico. Marquardodedidcndorf. Wizone de Budenisheim. Ea racione
ut quicunque parentum meorum illud allodium consensu fcatrum tenuerit in anniuersario meo isdem fratribus
soluat modium tritici ct duas situlas uini ct duos porcos uel duos soiidos. Situm est autem hoc allodium in
Rumerisheim In Uwinrorde In michelinbach ad viii carradas feni ct scptuaginta iurnalia. In Rumerisheim
in campo qui dicitur Buche ii iurnalia. In drizloe vi. In Wiferisheirde ii et in eodem loco iiii. In
Winelisdal ii. In Adelhelta iii In lethbach iii In Ccscbach ii In Morohewis iii In Winethcbumc ii. In
Smedcbancuebc ii In dcilc pratum unum In Vdenhclta iiii In Alceno i In Vrendal iiii. In Culun ii
In bcnche viiii Ad Sambucum ii Ibidem i In Muchenars quicquid mei iuris ibi est. In hidelenbusch i.
In Elwinrode. In crumbcnackcr iii. In Elmc iii. In Michelenbach quicquid ibi abui. in siluis in pratis.
si quis huius donationis uiolator extiterit anathema sit.
Abbot Wolfram ' von Betting ' ruled over Priim from 1077 ^ ^^^3'
The still later document on 4^ b^ins:
In die beati Marcii cwangcliste. Rumcrscheim cum capellis. Vischcim. Svircheheim. Velleirche. Buden-
o
scheim. Vse. Mulcmbume. Rode. Caldeinbumc &c.
f
It is in three uniform paragraphs ; the title of the second, on the margin, is partly gone, . . . yelia remains.
The third begins :
In pcntecosten. dallehem. haldcindorp. Basinheim. Kyle &c. ending :
BuUingin. Monasterium cum suis attincnciis ad annum secundum.
Drcoratitm : The decoration of the book consists of pictures and large decorative initials. The pictures
arc peculiar : the figures arc left for the most part, in white, with draperies heightened by bands of gold and
streaks of colour, on a ground which is usually bluish green, with circular patterns of white or red dots. The
gold is fluid : the drawing rough and feeble.
The large decorative initials are in framed oblong panels extending across the page and are in gold, upon
similar grounds to the pictures, and arc filled with bold conventional foliage in gold.
The pictures arc as follows :
I. 6\ Tke Nativity : within a hexagonal towered enclosure : above, the Virgin in bed, head to L. Over
her stand a woman and Joseph (nimbed and bearded) : lower down the Child swaddled in a rectangular four-
Icggcd manger : ox and ass at the end of it.
a. 7". Atigei and Sheplurds. At top a cloud, in which are seen busts of seven angels. Rays proceed
f-.oni it. Tn air in c, an angel, with long stafl", addresses two shepherds on L. and one on R., all with
T-shaped »t?,ves. In c. below him are sheep. The ground is in bands, pink, darker red, blue-green.
f'. Large inh^.
3. 4^, 46». Emyy into Jerusalem. On L. Apostles in two rows of six, with books. In front of them
Christ, beardless, on th'eviss, beneath whose feet are garments. Three men spread garments in front. On K.
(46») a crowd of fourteefVor fifteen people with branches. Walled and towered enclosure behind them, in
which is a tall building (th^ temple ?).
4. 47*. Initial. Ilalf-lenv'th angel with book : light red ground.
\
i6 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
5. 55*. Initial. Half-length lion, winged, with book : purple red ground.
6. 60''. Initial. Half-length ox, winged, with book : blue-green ground.
7. 66. Half-length eagle with book : light red ground.
S. 70*. Picture of cent, xvi, purple marbled bordering with medallion of IHS in gold on red: gold ground
to the picture, which is carefully done and represents an angel in red holding the Veronica : the face of Christ
is injured.
9. 72^ 73*. Angel and women. On L. the three women, tall figures with caskets. On R. the angel
seated : behind him the domed sepulchre, with open door showing purple ground and linen cloth in air, twisted
up : below him three soldiers with spears, sleeping on their red-lined shields. Trees all along the bottom of
the picture.
73''. Large initial.
10. 83*. Ascension. On L. below, the Virgin and five Apostles : on R. six Apostles. Above, Christ in
air floating upward towards R., where are three stars on red ground. Slightly below them on R. and L. the
two angels. The ground is banded as in no. 2.
11. 85*. Pentecost. View of a tall building, with central gable, towers on R. and L., and polygonal wall at
bottom in front. In it two tiers of figures. In the upper, under three round arches, sit two Apostles, the
Virgin, three more Apostles. In the lower, six Apostles in two groups : the Apostles have books. Each bears
a flame of fire on his head.
13. 130". Mass. R. and L. two slender towers : polygonal wall at bottom in front. Between the towers
one large slightly pointed arch. A large figure of a bearded nimbed celebrant in chasuble with gold pall (?)
stands behind an altar covered with a cloth, on which are gold crosses : on the altar are paten, two candlesticks,
and book inscribed in minuscules : Te igitur clementissime pater (the beginning of the Roman Canon of the
Mass). The priest holds Host and chalice. On L. and R. are smaller figures : on L. four clerics in copes, some
with books : on R. a layman with staff, and a woman. From the roof, on either side of the priest's head, hang
(votive) gold crowns, two in number. The picture resembles an ivory of cent, ix, of which one leaf is at
Frankfort, and the other was recently bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Mr. F. McClean (figured
in Plate VI in O. M. Dalton's Catalogue).
13. 133''. Paul, long-bearded, with closed eyes, led to R. by two beardless men : above, a conventional
band of cloud with gold rays bursting out of it over Paul's head.
14. 134'. A towered enclosure, roughly triangular : on the front wall are two nimbed men who are
letting down Paul in a basket of net, in which he appears simply as a half-length figure.
15. I34^ Presentation. A towered and walled enclosure, with a domed building, from whose roof hangs
a gold and red canopy. On L. the Virgin, attended by two women : on R., facing her, Symeon, nimbed, holds
the draped Child over a square altar. Behind him are two men.
16. 137''. Annunciation. Towered and walled enclosure. In it on L. Gabriel in air addresses the Virgin
who sits full-face, holding a gold distaff. At the top is a band of blue and red cloud of more naturalistic
character than usual.
143''. Large initial.
17. 150. Death of the Virgin. Towered and walled enclosure. In front lies the Virgin, head to L.
swathed in shroud (?), her head and feet supported by two Apostles. On L. three more Apostles, on R. three
maidens. In C. Christ, beardless, stands looking at the corpse and holding up the small soul of the Virgin
habited like the body. Above, two angels almost horizontal, in air : band of cloud at top.
I5o^ Large initial. 153. Large initial.
153. Full-page initial, green and vermilion ground.
156^ Michaelmas. In C. Michael with oval red-patterned shield stands on the back of '■ "-wo-legged
dragon, and thrusts his spear into its mouth. On L. four angels, three of them hold'-'g circular objects.
Band of cloud above.
160. Large initial.
166. Pattern in margin to contain an omitted word.
The manuscript has been described by Max Keuffer, Librarian of the City Lil ^ary at Treves, in Trierisches
Archiv i. (1898), 3-17 and 98. To this account I have not had access.
BEATUS SUPER APOCALYPSIM 17
8. BEATUS SUPER APOCALYPSIM.
Vellum, 454 x326 mm., ff. 248 + 4, double columns of 38 lines. Cent, xii (second halQ,
finely written in plain black Gothic hand : probably in Spain.
Binding of cent, xvii, lettered : S. Amandus in apocalipsin.
Contains the book-plate of Ambroise Firmin Didot.
Collation, i fly-leaf vellum, 2 paper: A* (wants i) B'-Z* aa'-gg* hh'" (wants 10) i velhim leaf; after
f. 132 the old numbering i.s incorrect by one. It will be used in the following description.
The following short description, which I quote from M. Dclisie's Melanges de PaUographie, &c., p. 131,
gives as good a summary of the general history and contents of the manuscript as could be desired :
' Manuscrit de M. Didot. Ce magniflquc volume, apporti d'Espagne en France en 1869, a ^td compris
dans la vente des livres du marquis d'Astorga comte d'Altamira faite a Paris en Janvier 1870. Adjugd a
M. Didot, il a et^ revendu le 30 mai 1879 au librairc Bernard Quaritch, qui, le mois suivant, rannon9ait sur un
de sea catalc^es au prix de 1,600 livres ou 40,000 francs. Apr& les notices dont il a ete I'objet, il suffit de le
d^rire tri-s sommairement :
Volume de 249 feuillets, cot^ 1-248 (il y a un feuillet 13a bis), hauts de 450 millimetres et larges de 310.
L'^riture est de la fin du XII* siicic ; le dcmicr feuillet a et^ rcfait au xvir siicle. Les mati^res y sont ainsi
dispos<^ :
Fol. I. Portique servant de frontispice.
Fol. I v". La croix support^ par I'agncau.
Fol. 2. Notre-Seigneur cntoure des quatrc animau.v dvangeliques.
Fol. 2 v°-6. Scenes dc la vie de saint Jean.'
Fol. 6 V"-i3. Tableaux de I'histoire saintc. jusqu'^ I'adoration des Mages.
Fol. 14. Oiscau brisant la tctc d'un serpent. La l^gende explicative est sur le fol. 13 v": "Ouedam esse
avU in regiooc Oricntis asscritur que grandi ct perduro armatoquc rostro . . ."
Fol. 14 V*. Images de saint Jean et des commentateurs de 1' Apocalypse.
Fol. 1 5. L'arche de Noi.
Fol. 16. Commcntaire de Beatussur I'Apocalypsc. ' . . . que diversis temporibus ..." — Fol. 16. " Incipit
prologus totius libri. Johannes apostolus et evangelista a Christo electus ..." — Fol. 16 v". " Incipit prologus
ejusdem. Diversos marina transvadantes ..." — Fol. 16 v". " Incipit explanatio. Johannes quoddam vaticinio
ex mcrito. .." — Fol. 25. Livre I. — Fol. 39. Livre II. — Yo\. 56 v". Livre III, intitule "Liber secundus." —
Fol. 8,5. Livre IV, intituli " Liber tertius." — Fol. 103. Livre V, intitule " Liber quartus." — Fol. 125. Livre
VI, intituK " Liber quintus." — Fol. 141. Livre VII.— Fol. 160. Livre VIII. — Fol. 174. Livre IX. — Fol.
180 v». Livre X. —Fol. 186 v». Livre XL — Fol. 19.3. Livre XII.
Fol. 205 V*. Commentaire de saint J^rdme sur Daniel.'
- * II est int^ressant de comparer entre elles les peintures des difTdrcnts cxemplaires de Beatus, pour se faire
une Idee dc la derivation et de la degradation des types, commc aussi de la vari^td des interpretations qui
r^ultait de la difiifrcnce des ^poques ct du genie propre aux diffdrents artistes. Rien n'est plus instructif que
de mcttre le manuscrit de Saint-Sever, qui est du milieu du XI* siicle, a cdte du manuscrit deM. Didot, qui est
dc la fin du xil* si^cle. Dans le premier, des bordures et des entrelacs, d'une grande puret^ de lignes et d'une
^tonnantc riches.sc de couleurs, rappellent les beaux monuments des <5coles carlovingiennes ; beaucoup de
tableaux sont cmprcinta d'un sentiment religieux trtrs ^lev^, tout k fait id^al et comparable aux nieilleures
peintures byzantines. On peut appr^cier ces qualites dans les tableaux qui repr^sentent les serviteurs de Dieu
marquds au front par I'ange (fol. 119); I'adoration dc I'agneau par les justes (fol. 1 20 v" ct 1 21) ; la glorification
dc Dieti par les vieillards et les angcs (fol. 121 v" et 122) ; les sept anges porteurs de trompettes et I'ange
a I'encensoir (fol. 135 v*).
Dans I'autre manuscrit, celui dc M. Didot, les encadrcmcnts sont a peu pres nuls ; les figures, plus raidcs,
moins riches de couleurs, rappellent les majestueuscs statues qui font la gloire de nos cath^drales de la fin du
' Really pictures of the Evangelists : see below.
D
i8 • WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
XII* siecle ; les animaux sont bien compris, vigoureux et pleins de vie ; les details d'architecture et de costume
sont parfaitement rendus ; mais les types sont souvent devenus vulgaires, par exemple, I'Enfant Jesus du fol.
143, qui provoque le souiire quand on le rapproche du sujet correspondant sur le fol. 159 du manuscrit de
Saint-Sever.
La comparaison des deux manuscrits est d'autant plus instructive qu'ils dcrivent tous deux d'un type
commun, comme le prouvent non seulenient la composition et la succession des sujets representds, mais encore
la parfaite ressemblance de certains details secondaires, par exemple les enroulements qui forment le cadre
d'une note relative a la chronologic de I'histoire romaine (fol. 11 v° du manuscrit de Saint-Sever, fol. 12 v° du
manuscrit Didot).'
In Dr. Konrad Miller's Die dltesten Weltkarten (Heft I. ' Die Weltkarte des Beatus '), p. 1 7, our manu-
script is unfortunately confused with another now at Paris (Bibl. Nat., nouv. acq. lat. 2290). From this latter,
and not from our MS., the figure of the Mappa Mundi, given by him on p. 39, is taken.
A facsimile off. 190* is given in the New Paleographical Society (pi. 167) with a notice.
The text of the Commentary of Beatus has been only once printed as yet, by Florez in 1770 ; his edition
is rare and difficult of access. A new edition by Dom Ramsay, O.S.B., is now in preparation.
The Commentary of Jerome upon Daniel, which accompanies the work of Beatus in most of the MSS., is
in Migne, P. L. xxv. 491 and other editions of Jerome.
In the following pages a survey is given of the pictorial decoration of the volume.
f. 1. The ' porticus ' occupying the page has uncoloured ground at top, and from the upper border depend
blank medallions (as in the genealogies which follow). The grounds of the arches (horseshoe) which occupy
the lower part are alternately dark green and red.
i''. The ground is blue. The Lamb in C. supports on his back a yellow cross fleury with equal arms, on
a green stem. From the arms hang A and Q) in gold. The lance and reed and sponge (gold) rest against
it. R. and L. are angels pointing to the Lamb.
2". Lozenge inscribed in quatrefoil, supported by angels. Ground yellow and dark blue. Christ throned,
suo and moon above. In the spandrels are the Evangelistic emblems.
3''-6». Not scenes from S. John's life, but pairs of pictures of the Evangelists arranged on a uniform plan.
Each page shows a horseshoe arch with transom above the caps of the pillars. In the tympanum (A) a three-
quarter-length figure. Below, on the L. page, a seated Evangelist and a nimbed messenger, each holding
a gold book or roll. On the R. page two angels holding between them a gold book or tablet.
The figures in the tympana are the only ones which vary. They are as follows :
a**. Beardless figure holding long staff terminating in what one would call a fool's head.
3". Angel. 3^ Lion.
4*. Winged figure with lion's head. 4''. Ox.
5\ Winged figure with ox's head. ,5^ Eagle.
6". Winged figure with eagle's head.
6''-i3*. Genealogies of the Old Testament in chains of medallions, blue, red, yellow, &c., diversified
by horseshoe arches. Certain figures intervene, viz. :
6''. Adam, Eve, tree, and serpent. Facs. in colours in Bachelin, Description d'ttn Covimentaire de
r Apocalypse, Paris, ]869.
7^ Noah ? pointing to two birds seated on an altar.
9*. Sacrifice of Isaac. Divine Hand on L.
9^ 10*. Medallions. Isaac, Jacob, Leah.
10''. Rachel, ii''. Dauit rex.
13". An oblong picture with dark green ground. The adoration of the Magi. L. Angel with staff. The
Virgin holding a conventional lily, above which is the Star: the Child draped and blessing on her knees. R.
the Three Kings, crowned, approach with caskets, the foremost holds the cover of his casket in his L. hand.
13''. End of the text of the genealogies, comparing Christ destroying Satan to a certain bird which rolls
itself in mud and kills a serpent.
14*. Full page picture of the bird (green and yellow neck, blue wings and tail, red body) killing the (blue)
serpent.
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14^ Two large horseshoe arches: grounds blue, red, green, in three bands. At bottom four pairs of
figures. Each pair consists of a beardless man (John) speaking to another, beardless or bearded, who stands
on the other side of a little red altar supported on a single shaft. Facs. in Bachelin.
I5*. Section of Noah's ark. In the triangular space at top Noah (wife and three daughters on L., three
sons on R) takes in the dove and olive-branch through the top of the roof Below this are forty-two square
compartments in six rows of seven each (grounds red, green, yellow, blue). The three upper rows contain pairs
of birds, and in two cases cooking utensils. The next three contain swine, oxen, mules, horses, asses, sheep,
goats, unicorns, deer, human-headed dragons, three other pairs of dragons, two camels, men with pointed ears,
two beasts with seven heads, lions, bears (?), wolves (?), and lastly two garde-robes.
On R. a tall tree with the dove plucking a branch.
Below, three corpses, the raven plucking out the eye of one. Facs. in Bachelin and Didot, Catalogue, 1*
sirii, 1879.
15* is blank.
a6». Upright panel. Angel under horseshoe arch holding book : blue ground. Decorative initials, with
white scroll-work, to prologues.
23*. Grotesque lion in outline in lower margin, surrounding the catchword of the quire.
35. Decorative initials.
2y*. Half-page picture : ground in three horizontal bands, blue, red, green. Above, on the blue and red
bands, Christ with book, seated, between angels with books.
Below, Angel, John, man in chasuble with book.
= No. 10 in the MS. of Mr. H. Y. Thompson (formerly Ashbumham), described by me in Fifty Manu-
scripts, Second series, pp. 304-30. This MS. will be referred to as T.
27^ Red and green ground. On R. Christ, throned, in large grey cloud surrounded by angels' heads. On
L. a group of eight nimbed figures standing on earth.
= T. II.
!jy^ Blue and red ground. Above, L., John prostrate, Christ throned, angel, seven white stars, and seven
gold lamps above.
Below, L., John looking at seven horseshoe arches with green ground (four below, three above), in each
a gold stool. These are the seven churches.
= T. 12.
31 \ Nimbed figure in outline, horizontal, enclosing catchword.
43^ 44*. The .Mappa Mundi. On this the work of Dr. Konrad Miller {Die dltesten Weltkarten, I. ' Die
Weltkarte des Beatus') should be consulted. This example probably resembles most closely that of the Silos
MS. Add. 1 1695, Brit. Mus. It is oval and surrounded by dark blue ocean-river, with fish in black outline.
= T. 14.
44^ Full page in three divisions : grounds red, yellow, green. The Twelve Apostles, four in a row,
holding gold books, except Peter, who has keys and scroll. Their names are given.
(a) Pctrus, Andreas, Thomas, lohannes.
{b) Mattheus, Philipus, Bartolomcus, Simon Zelotes.
(c) lacobus, Paulus (beardless), blank, lacobus.
Not in T;
49'*. Blue and red ground. The four beasts of Daniel.
Below (no ground) : the image of Dan. ii, the stone from the mountain (on R.) smites its feet.
= T. 15, ifi.
51. The woman (with gold cup) riding on the beast. Palm-tree on L.
= T. 17.
56^ The first of a scries of pictures, each in two sections. In that on L. is John addressing or addressed
by an angel. On R. b one of the churches, represented in section as a rule, and containing an altar with gold
chalice. The others on ff. f>\^, 64'' (smaller), es"* (large : church on L.), 72, 75^ 81.
= T. 18-34.
8;;\ Three-quarter page : grounds red, blue, red.
IJ 2
20 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Above, twelve elders, like Apostles, seated, with books.
In C, Christ in gold sphere, supported by two angels.
Below, twelve elders, as above.
= T. 26.
89. Full page. A great circle held by four angels. Below, two figures (John and an elder ?). The border
of the circle red with white stars : ground blue. In c. the Lamb with cross in medallion. Above, God
throned : surrounding, the four beasts, each a human figure, with appropriate head, terminating in a wBeel.
. Between them are three figures holding gold cups of incense, and three with guitars. Facs. in Bachelin
(1869) and Didot.
= T. 37.
103''. Three-quarter page, four trees : grounds blue, red, yellow, green.
(a) In c. Lamb with cross in medallion : on L. and R. the first and second beasts hold the hand
of John kneeling.
(d) The first and second riders with bow and sword.
(c) The third and fourth beasts hold the hand of John.
(d) Third rider with scales : fourth rider followed by shaggy winged figure with arms outstretched
and clawed hands and feet.
Not in T.
106''. Full page. Grounds blue, red, green.
(a) Gold altar, draped. On R. and L. hang eight gold objects (probably originally votive crowns) :
and on ground R. and L. are a large number of white birds (souls).
(d) Christ standing between two trees.
(c) Two groups of nimbed beardless figures (thirteen in all), conversing.
= T. 28.
109. Full. Four tiers.
(a) Blue. Two angels support disc, in which Christ is seated.
(6) Red. Two pairs of figures R. and L., one in each stretches hands towards the other.
(c) Green. Hie sol obscurabitur. Brown sun, red moon, seven white stars.
(</) Brown red. Seven white stars. Three groups of people in caves.
= T. 29.
IIl^ Oval, surrounded by purple stream: within three tiers.
(a) Brown. Three angels, head downwards : R. and L. have trumpets : c. who descends from the
sun, has a gold cross.
(d) Yellow, c. a tree : R. and L. six and five nimbed figures.
(c) Red. Two angels with trumpets. These four are holding the winds.
— I"' .3°-
1 ] 3. The adoration of the Lamb, in three tiers. At bottom a band of remarkable ornament : two dragons
and scroll-work, principally white on black.
Three tiers.
(a) Lamb, angels, four beasts holding books. .
(i) Twelve men with palms.
(c) Thirty-two nimbed men.
= T. 31.
It is, I think, after this that a second and much inferior artist takes up the work for a time. His inferiority
is most clearly perceptible about f. 137 sqq.
123. A large palm-tree. A man climbs up the trunk with a bill-hook.
Cf. T. 32.
125. (a) Christ. Angels with trumpets.
{/>) Angel flies down emptying censer. Angel stands on altar with censer.
= T. 34.
1 26, Angel with trumpet. Hail falls on trees.
BEATUS SUPER APOCALYPSIM 21
= T. 35.
la;*". Second trumpet. Fire: men below.
= T. 36.
1 28. Third trumpet. Star falls on stream : men dead below.
= T. 37-
139. Fourth trumpet. Sol and Luna with their names written on an open book on each : stars in sky.
Eagle on R. : trees below.
= T. 3X.
13c. Fifth trumpet. Smoke ascends out of well in c. Locusts like blue frogs with tails attack men.
Kepr. in Didot.
= T. 39.
131''. Angel attacks locusts (homed bea.st with nimbus and tail). Three more locusts, each stinging a man
with his tail.
= T. 40. .
13a*. Christ, throned. The sixth angel blowing (twice) by altar. River (Euphrates). Below, four angels.
= T.4i.
133. Full. Four riders on locusts (which are stinging men) : dead men below.
Not in T.
I34\ L. Angel gives book to John. R. Angel gives reed to John.
Below. Temple with worshippers. Angel measures it.
= T. 42.
At this point inscriptions begin to be added. They are inscribed on the grounds of the pictures. Other
copies, e.g. T , contain them throughout.
137. The two witnesses, each in long peaked cap, holding book. R. and c. two gold lamps and two trees.
Enoc L., Klyas R.
= T.43.
138^. (a) Antichristus ciuttatem Iherusaicm subuertit
Men on each side pull down stones, c Building with seven suppliants in it.
{d) Elias ct Enoch occiduntur. Beheaded (by four warriors).
= T.44.
139*. (a) Elyas et Enoch ascenderunt in nube.
{t) Ubi uidentes eos inimici eorum.
(c) Men adoring.
(</) Isti sunt qui in terremotu ceciderunt in ciuitatibus suis.
= T. 4.V
140^. Ubi Septimus angelus tuba cecinit.
. = T.46.
141. (a) Tcmplum apertum.
(i) Ascendit bestia de abisso (white and wolf-like).
= T. 47-
I43^ 143*. Mulier amicta sole qr (?) luna sub pedibus eius.
Super mulieris (caput) .x. stelle.
Draco (her tail extends across the two pages).
Michael et angeli eius pugnant cum dracone.
R. Ubi puer est raptus.
Ubi draco traxit terciam partem stellarum.
I- Ubi date sunt mulieri ale ut uolaret in heremum.
R. Below, a demon confined in an oblong frame with bars, his head and hands passed through the upper
bar, his legs intertwined among the lower bars. Angels above : men R. and L.
= T. 48.
146''. L. Ubi reges terre bestiam et draconem adorant.
22 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
R. Ubi bestia ascendit de abisso.
Not in T,
I49^ In text. Ubi bestia ascendit de terra. Yellow beast with two horns : no other figures.
Not in T.
151. Fox seizing cock. Repr. in Bachelin.
= T. 49.
I55», 155''. Two full page diagrams of the name and number of the beast. One only in T. (no. 50,
- resembling that on 155^).
I58^ By the first artist.
Full page, (a) Quatuor animalia.
(b), (c) Agnus stans in monte Syon et cum eo centum quadraginta iiii milia habentes citharas.
Tlie blue mount with the Lamb in it occupies the two lower tiers.
= T. 51.
160*. (a) Angelus uolans per medium celi habens euangelium eternum.
(6) Isti dederunt gloriam deo celi.
(c) Dead men and falling city.
= T. 52.
162. (a) Iste angelus habet potestatem super ignem.
(d) Ubi metent mesem terre. Ubi uindemiant brotos (botros) uinee terre.
(c) Ubi calcantur torcularia extra ciuitatem et exiit sanguis de torculari usque ad frenos equorum.
By the worse artist. The wine-press is interesting.
= T.53.
164. Isti sunt tenentes phialas.
Ubi sancti tenentes citharas et cantantes canticum nouum magnum.
The phialac are gold horseshoes. This is a corruption of what is seen in earlier copies (e. g. T.), which is
a bowl seen in section.
= T. 54.
165''. (rt) Starry sky and door of Temple open.
{b) Istud animal dedit angelis vii fialas. The eagle-headed beast, head downwards.
{c) Hii sunt vii angeli portantes fialas aureas.
= T. 55-
166''. Seven angels in white, holding vials (as before).
= T. 56.
168. Primus angelus efundit fialam in terram.
= T.57. - •
Ubi (?) tercius angelus efundit fialam suam super flumina.
= T.59. ^
169''. Ubi (?) iiii"' angelus effudit fialam super solem.
= T. 60.
170. Ubi quintus angelus efundit fialam super tronum best(i)e.
The beast white, with gold collar, looking up.
= T. 61.
170^ Ubi sextus angelus efundit fialam super eufraten.
= T. 62.
J 71. Ubi draco et bestia et pseudoprophete et tres spiritus ostenduntur quasi zane.
The dragon is a horned serpent : the beast a large dog. The false prophets (so) are three men, Pseudo-
prophete.
Not in T. Repr. in Didot.
173. Ubi vii"' effundit fialam in acre et facta sunt fulgura et grandines.
He stands on a building with three large portals, the lateral ones consisting of two arches each.
= T. 63.
BEATUS SUPER APOCALYPSIM 23
174- Mulier regibus propinat de calice pleno sanguine.
= T. 64.
17.5. Mulier sedet super bestiam. The beast is blue. Repr. in Bachelin.
Not in T.
179*. Ubi agnus uincit pseudoprophetas draconem et diabolum et bestiam.
(a) Lamb in starry sky.
(d) Man fighting the beast, which has a single head, and another on its tail.
(c) Three decapitated men, and the serpent ; one man attacking.
= T. 6.^.
iSi**. Ubi babilon id est iste mundus ardet.
Full page without frame. Great building, with vessels and gold tablets seen in the windows : surrounded
by flames : angel above.
=■ T. 66.
182. Ubi reges uel mercatores babiloniam plangunt-'
Two rows each of seven figures, headed by two kings. Facs. in Bachelin.
= T. 66*.
1H4. Hie angelus lapidem molarem mittit in mare.
Lapis molaris est iste.
City below.
= T. 67.
185. (a)f (^) Hie iiii animalia et seniores adorant tronum.
(r), (</) Hie lohannes cadit ante pedes angcli. Full page.
= T. 68.
187. Full page. Christus cum suo exercitu ad pugnam uadit contra diabolum.
Three rows. Grounds blue, red, blue, each covered with white stars. In each, two white riders on white
horses, with lances, attack each other.
Lost in T.
1 88. Angelus in sole, surrounded by birds.
= T. 68*.
1K9. Two men attack large boar with mallets. Below, another attacks a man (the false prophet) with
mallet. Birds pick out the eyes of a corpse.
= T. 69.
190. Ubi angelus aprchcndit draconem et ligauit eum in abissum.
Angel with two keys and chain round the neck of the serpent (above him). Below, on L., the devil
confined in square frame. His neck locked in a beam, his hands and feet confined by rings^ passed round
the bars.
= T. 70. Repr. in Didot and New Pal. Soc.
191. Hii sunt sedentes in trono et iudicium datum erit eis.
(a) Christ, throned, facing twelve seated men on R.
{6} Three rows of birds, blue, yellow, and white, representing the souls of martyrs.
= T. 71.
193. Full page.
(a) The beast. Men on R. and L.
(6) Antichristus circumdat altare et uenit ignis de celo et comedit eos.
City in c. Warriors R. and L. Fire not shown.
(r) Ubi abscondunt sc in montibus. Three groups.
= T. 72.
194**. Ubi bcstia et pseudopropheta et diabolus missi sunt in stagnum ignis et sulphuris.
Demon, beast, and two men falling into red flames.
»= T. 73.
24 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
I95^ 1 96*.
L. (a) Christ in medallion, supported by angels.
(^). W> i'^) Three rows each of twelve nimbed men with books.
In {l>) and (c) six are seated. In (d) only two.
R. (a) Seventeen men, holding hands, look to R.
(l/) Twelve men look to L.
(c) Hell, with hell mouth, two demons, and serpents, and nude souls. '
■ = T.-74.
197. (a) Hie populus meus et habitauit deus cum eis.
Tronus.
et regnum in secula seculorum.
(^) Flumen de trono exiens.
(c) Arbor iste per singulos menses singulos dat fructus.
In C. above is Christ. R. and L. are eighteen horseshoe arches in six rows of three : in each a seated
figure. River flows from between Christ's feet.
Below, on L., the tree. On R. John and angel on mount.
= T. 76.
203''. (a) Christ on medallion, supported by angels.
{d) Ubi angelum iohannes adorat et dicit ei angelus ne feceris deum adora conseruus tuus et
fratrum tuorum sum.
(c) John, on L., looks at seven horseshoe arches (four and three), in which are the names of the
seven churches.
= T. 77-
Illustrations to Jerome on Daniel.
204*. Full. Babylon. A tall towered edifice, with large horseshoe arched portal : three shrines (the
tombs of the Three Children) in three arches above. Round the outside are two large horned serpents : two
smaller ones over the main portal (not horned).
= T. 78.
206'*, 207'. Lower and upper half of pages respectively. The taking of Jerusalem.
206''. (a) Seven soldiers with round shields, bows, spears, clubs, all turned to R. Arrows aimed at
them from R.
{b) Four horsemen with spears facing R., some are struck by arrows.
(c) C. Nebuchadnezzar, throned. L. Zedekiah bound seated on ground : a man puts out his eyes.
R. a man beheads the two sons of Zedekiah. Repr. in Bachelin.
207". Jerusalem. Seven warriors on the walls and towers : two in arched openings by the gate.
They shoot arrows, throw stones, &c. A seated figure outside on R. may represent
Jeremiah as in T. Si.
208''. Almost full.
{a) Nebuchadnezzar, seated. Three nimbed men (soothsayers).
(p) Hec est statua quam uidit nabucodonosor. .
N. lies on bed on L. The nude statue in C : stone below its feet. Mountain on R.
{c) The statue in fragments.
= T. 82.
ai2. (a) Statua aurea quam erexit nabucodonosor in campo tirat.
Isti adorant statuam.
Nude statue in C, hands on thighs. R. and L. two groups of kneeling men.
{b) Hie uidet nabucodonosor tres pueros miti (mitti) in fornacem.
(c) N. seated on L. R. the furnace seen in section with conical roof and chimney in C. Two men
stir the fire. Within it, above the three children, is Christ, half-length, with arms outspread.
= T. 84.
215. Without frame. A large tree with red, blue, and yellow birds in it.
BEATUS SUPER APOCALYPSIM 25
Below, u, a yellow ox eating. I'cmim ut bos comedct.
R. Ubi nabucodonosor crbam pascit. N. sits, in robe, eating plants.
= T. 86.
218. A great horseshoe arch. Ground blue, red, green.
(a) C. a gold candlestick : a hand projecting from it holds a pen. L. Daniel looks at it.
Inscription : Candelabrum. Articulus scribens in parietem. Mane id est numerauit deus
rcgnum tuum et compleuit iliud. Thecel .i. pensus es in statera et inuentus es minus habens
phares .i. diuisum est regnum tuum ct datum est medis et persis.
L. Daniel contra scripturam respiciens.
(6) Only a scroll. Hie est baltasar in conuiuio cum obtimatibus suis.
(c) Semicircular table. At the end, i.., Bclshazzar, R. another, both nimbed, reclining. In c,
group of seven, half-length.
In front a ser\'ant bringing in a large gold bowl, with curious tall base. So it is represented : but in the
archetype (cf. T. 87) the bowl is standing by itself, and the servant is carrying in two flasks with round bodies.
= T. 87.
23 1 \ Full,
(a) Angel holds Habakkuk by the hair : both figures horizontal.
Hie est lacus ieonis ubi daniel missus est et abacuc porta(ns ?) illi prandium.
(A) Daniel in c, bearded, arms outspread. R. and u two lions lick his feet.
(c) Rex ieiunus dolens pro daniele nequid dormire.
Darius on bed, head to R. A soldier, with shield and spear, stands at his head and feet.
= T. 88.
223. Full.
(a) Hie est iudicium et libri aperti sunt milia milium.
Christ, seated, under arch. Round the arch fourteen heads and wings of angels.
(d) L. Scena (leaena) rcgnum babilonum. Ale aquile.
Red lioness, winged.
c. River flowing from feet of Christ.
R. Tardus habens iiii°' capita rcgnum alexandrino(rum).
(r) L. Ursus cum tribus dentium ordinibus regnum medorum atquc persarum.
R. Os loquens terribile ingens regnum romanorum.
Blue beast with ten horns and a human head in the midst
Outside the frame, R. and L., four busts, blowing, represent winds.
= T. 89.
226. (a) The ram and he-goat fighting : the ram's horns fall.
(A) Suae ciuitas. Portal with lateral towers : over it Christ, half-length (should be Daniel, but
has cross-nimbus).
R. Ram feeding on tree. Hie aries qui et darius rex medorum atquc persarum unum cornu
excelsus altero atquc subcrescens.
= T. 90.
227*. Small. Angel on l., Daniel on R. Gabriel locutus est uolando danieli.
Cf. T. 91.
228. Full.
(a) Angel, horizontal in air, with .staff".
(d) Daniel in prayer. R. an altar, marble, with cloth allare above.
(c) Daniel reclines, head to R., on mattress, with bolster.
Hie languet daniel per multos dies.
= T. 92.
a34^ A blue river winds down the centre. Hie est fluuius tigris qui ebrayce dicitur edegel.
Above, L., Daniel interrogans usquequo finis horum mirabilium erit. He stretches hands to R.
£
26 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
C. Ubi iicstitus lino qui stabat super aquas fluininis alloquitur daniclcm cle desolationc futura. Angel
with arms outspread.
Below, L. Et alius angelus hinc super ripam fluminis.
R. Et alius inde ex altera ripa fluminis.
9. EVANGELIA.
Vellum, I if X 8 in., ff. 182, 27 lines to a page. Cent, x, in good Carolingian minuscule.
Modern morocco binding by F. Bedford.
Collation. A (five : gap after f. i) B^-F* G" H'' (one cane.) P-M" (wants 7) N«-R« S" T« (wants i ?) W
X«-Z8 (?) AA* BB" (?).
The quires are thus signed : in A-P there is on the first leaf at bottom a capital letter surrounded by
red horizontal lines : on the last leaf a Roman numeral (i-xv) similarly ornamented. Q, R, S have no mark.
T, U, X, Y have no letter, but have Roman numerals (i-iiii) on their last leaves. Z, AA, BB have no mark.
Inc. Praefatio Hieronimi (in red rustic capitals) i
First two lines (Plures scripsisse, &c.) in gold capitals obliterated : ends imperfectly i'' eccc mater tua.
Beato papae Damaso Hieronimus (gold capitals) 2
Nouum opus facere
■ Inc. argumentum 4
Matheus ex iudaea (gold capitals). »
Expl. arg. (red rustic capitals).
Incipiunt capitula, rustic capitals blacked over 4^*
i Natiuitas Christi, &c.
xxviii. Passio Ihesu, &c. . . . doctrina eius de baptismo.
Expl. cap. euang. sec. Matheum (rustic capitals).
5^, 6». Blank.
Inc. Euangelium secundum Matheum. Large gold capitals occupying the whole page 6'
Text begins 7*. Canons and sections in margin.
Ends 49^ Expl. euang. sec. Math, (red rustic capitals).
50*. Blank. On 50* a full page picture.
Inc. argumentum . 5^
Marcus euangelista dei
Inc. Cap. Euang. sec. Marcum - 5*
i De lohanne baptista, &c.
xiii . . . et ascensio eius in caelis. Expl. cap.
Inc. Euang. sec. Marcum. Gold capitals (whole page) ^'^
Text begins 54'\ Ends 8o^
Inc. argumentum. Lucas Syrus Anthiocensis 81
Inc. capitula 8a
i Zacharias uiso angelo, &c.
xxi . . . reliquitque laudantes deum in templo.
86^ 87^ Blank (a full page picture gone between them ?).
Inc. Euang. sec. Lucam. Gold capitals (whole page) 87''
Text begins 88». Ends 133*. 133*. Blank.
Inc. argumentum sec. lohannem . 134
Hie est lohannes
Inc. capitula * 134''
i Pharisaeorum leuitae, &c.
xiii . . . et resurrectio eius.
EVANGELIA 27
Inc. Euang. sec. loh. Gold capitals 135''
Text begins 136. The front page in capitals and uncials, gold, red, black.
Ends 171. Verso blank.
Inc. Capitulare Euangeliorum anni circuli 172
This is purely Roman. It runs from NataU domini to In agenda mortnorum.
Only one picture, the frontispiece to S. Mark, remains. It is under an arch, painted in gold and red and
white. In the upper part, on a dark blue ground, is the winged bust of the Lion, red, holding a red book.
Below, in what is perhaps meant for an apse, sits Mark, turning head to L., holding up pen to his ear, and
touching a book on a desk on R., which is inscribed in red rustic capitals. Vox clamantis in deserto parate uiain
domini. He is clothed in purple and red. His scat is a square block with cushion.
The style of the painting is rather coarse.
I suppose the book to have been executed in some French monastery, but no trace of its local habitation
seems now discernible.
10. EVANGELIA (LI^GE).
Vellum, 230 X 190 mm., ff. 2+191, 24 lines to a page. Cent, ix-x (with later additions)
in a very beautiful upright Carolingian minuscule. The ink is brown. The lines are ruled
with a dry point : there is a double vertical line down each lateral margin.
Collation. A« i* (wants 1) 2« (8 cane. ?) 3*-7« 8»"» (7 cane.) 9" io» (wants «) [i 1* 12" (+1)] 13 (five) 14'-
19* ao" (8 cane.) ai*-a6» (wants 7, 8).
Binding. Wooden boards, covered with brown leather : there are remains of two metal clasps. The
front cover is plated with metal. The arrangement is as follows :
At the angles arc four nearly square enamelled plates, each fastened by four nails. They represent the
Evangelists writing, the emblem of each is partially seen behind or above him. Top, L., Luke. Top, K.,
Matthew : Mark and John at bottom. The grounds arc mainly in white : portions of the enamel have been
lost
These plates are connected by four oblong plates of gilt metal, engraved with a pattern of conventional
foliage, the interstices being filled with lines and dots. They are also set with stones, a single crystal at top
and bottom, and three stones on each of the side-pieces. The plates are fastened on with plain domical-headed
nails, some of which are wanting.
The central panel is an ivory of cent. xi(?) deeply sunk. It has a border of classical leaf-work, and repre-
sents the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and St. John. The cross has a line drawn round just within the edge,
and continued all about it. The title is so large as to form an upper cross-piece almost as long as the main
cross-piece. It is uninscribed. Christ has cross-nimbus : His head inclines to L. : He is fastened with four
nails, and His feet rest on a short tree-stump with the branches lopped off, and with some appearance of
a serpent twined about it. He wears a loin-cloth. The lateral figures are both looking up.
Within the cover is the book-label of Ambroisc Firmin Didot, no. 7 in the sale of 1879.
There is also the following paper :
Antiquum hunc 4. SS. Evangcliorum Textum ab Ecclesia collegiata S" Petri Leodien : acquisivi, lacunam
in CO 5 foliorum ex alio meo, anno D ■ CCC- scripto restitui, ac de novo compactum, priscis ornamentis suis et
gemmis decorare curavi, quod lubens attestor.
B. de Grassier.
N.B. Quod in Capitulari Evangcliorum, &c., in huius Codicis fine scripto, reperiatur ad diem .xiii. Maii
festum dedicationis Ecclesiac S. Mariae ad Martyrcs, unde certe constat dictum Codicem fuisse octavo saeculo
scriptum.
The Baron de Grassier, the writer of this note, was a collector who resided at Liege in the eariy part of
the eighteenth century : he is mentioned twice in the Voyage lilliraire de deux Binidictins (Martine and
Durand), and something is said of his collections ; but the book before us is not noticed.
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28 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
In Montfaucon's Bibliotheca Nova Manuscriptorum, however (i. 605), an account is given, which was
written by the Baron himself in or before 1733, in these words:
' Textus alter Evangeliorum eiusdem circiter aetatis (sc. cent, viii) praefixam habens in tabella eburnea
Christi 4 clavis cruci affixi excisani imaginem inter B. V. Mariam et S. loannem Evangelistam hinc inde stantes.
Circumferentia tabellae decorata est quatuor Evangelistis ex vitrea gemma, gemmis, aliisque ornamentis
deauratis. Notandiim quod quatuor folia quae deerant, sub finem Evangelii secundum Marcum, suppleta
fuerunt ex textu praecedenti.' The other iextus (of which the Baron gives a long account in French and a short
one in Latin) is attributed by him to the year 800. It had on the cover an ivory representing our Lord in
glory and Bishop Notger of Liege.
Contents :
The first two leaves are an addition of cent, xv in a large black hand, and contain (a) a Gospel (Matt, i) ;
(d) Lectio legenda in scrutiniis. Fili karissimi ne diucius uos teneamus, &c. ; (c) Nota ordinem legendi in
scrutiniis. Primo hii de s. cruce legunt unam lectionem. Secundo hii de s. petro legunt unum ewangelium et
postea unam lectionem. Tercio hii de s. paulo (Euang., lect.). Quarto hii de s. bartholomeo (Euang., lect.).
Quinto hii de S. lohanne (Euang., lect). Sexto hii de s. martino (lect.). Hii de s. dyonisio (lect).
These are all churches in Liege.
The original list begins with the next leaf, the recto ot which is soiled and torn from having been at one
time in contact with the binding.
Inc. Epistola Hieronimi . . . damaso. The titles are in delicate red capitals. i
Nouum opus . . . papa beatissime.
Prologus quattuor euangeliorum - , "^^
Plures fuisse . . . canendas.
Eusebius Carpiano 4
Ammonius quidem . . . repperles.
Hieronimus damaso papae 4*'
Sciendum etiam . . . beatissime papa.
Inc. Argumentum secundum Mattheum 5
Mattheus ex iud^a . . . non tacere. Expl. arg.
Inc. Breuiarium eiusdem 5**
i Natiuitas Christi . . . (xxviii) de baptismo. Expl. Breu.
This is followed on 7'' and 8" by the Lesson and the note de ordine legendi, mentioned above. They
are in, two different hands.
Canons of the Gospels. . ^''
The pillars and arches are drawn in outline : the pillars are at first marked with wavy lines, indicating the
veins of marble. The capitals are varied. Some are Ionic and some Corinthian : on 1 1'' there are two com-
posed of pairs of human heads : crowns are hung beside these.
The tops of the arches are variously ornamented externally, usually with conventional foliage. In the
tympana are spirited and interesting drawings, rapidly and lightly done, viz. :
8^ The Evangelistic emblems.
9*. Busts of the Evangelists writing.
9''. Elaborate ornament on the single broad arch.
io\ Rosettes similarly placed.
10''. Pediment with peacock displayed.
II*. Pediment with foliage.
Il^ Busts of three Evangelists. An angel with a stafif stands at each end.
I %^. Busts of four Evangelists : angels at each end.
l3^ Four pediments with a candlestick in each.
13*. Three busts.
X3^ Tree between two birds : outside, oii L. a stork, on R. a peacock.
14". Lamb with cross-nimbus : outside, a peacock at each end.
14'' is blank.
EVANGELIA (LI^GE) 29
The text follows : f. 15" is wholly occupied by the word Liber. The initials LI have the form L J. Their
outline consists of narrow bands of gold, edged with red. At the top of each vertical limb is a kind of capital
filled in with interlaced work, and a piece of ornament hangs between them : the shafts of these uprights, and
the transverse piece at the bottom have panels of ornament, partly plait-work, in red. The bottom of the I is
also plait-work. The letters BER are placed vertically between the uprights. Gold and red are the only
colours used.
ij** has five lines of gold capital letters edged with red (generationis . . . gcnuit Isaac), and two lines of
smaller uncials in pale gold (Isaac autem . . . et fratres eius). A hand of cent, xiii-xiv has copied this text in
two lines at the bottom of the page.
The genealogy on f. 16* has been marked for singing.
The text of the Gospel is in a lai^er hand than the preliminary matter.
It ends f. j5». Expl. Ev. sec. Math.
Inc. prol. sec. Marc. Marcus euangelista . . . dcus est Expl. Arg. ^^
Inc. breviarium. i De lohanne baptista . . . (xiii) eius in celis. Expl. Brcv. 56
^f. Blank.
j8 has a frontispiece as Matthew. On 58* is the large initial I in gold outline (edged with red), with panels
of ornament in red, and a 'capital ' at top of interlaced work. There are also five lines of writing in capitals.
The two upper ones are in outlined capitals, slightly decorated ; the three lower in green, edged with red.
On jS** are four lines of gold capitals, edged with red, and three in plain gold uncials, ending : uiam tuam
ante tc. The R. edge of the leaf is cropped by the binder.
The text of xiii. 24-xv. 47 is supplied on five leaves (79 83) in a neat hand, with some attempt at repro-
ducing minuscule. This was done by Baron dc Grassier (sec his note, given above).
The Gospel ends, f. 84*". Expl. Ev. sec. Marc.
Inc. Arg. Ev. sec. Lucam. Lucas Syrus . . . prodesse. Expl. Arg. 85
Inc. capitula. i Zacharias uiso angelo . . . (xxi) dominum in templo 86
Expl. capitula, 89. 89**. Blank.
90*. Frontispiece to Luke, consisting of the words Quoniam quidem. The initial Q occupies the chief
part of the page : the circle of it and the tail are made into separate pieces of ornament. The circumference
of the circle is of gold outline, edged with red, and with panels of red ornament, and the centre is occupied by
a large piece of ornament in gold outline, of which the basis is a Greek cross. The contraction-mark is
decorated : the final M of quoniam, and the word quidem, are in large plain capitals.
On 90'' are four lines of gold capitals (edged with red, as always), and four of green uncials. The te.xt
nms from Multi conati sunt to tradiderunt nobis.
The text ends, f. I36», without colophon.
Inc. argumcntum. Hie est iohannes . . . seruetur. Expl. arg. J36
Inc. capitula. i Pharisaeorum leuitate (!)... (xiv) resurrcctio eius. Expl. cap. 137
ijh'. Frontispiece to John. The initial I resembles that for Mark. The N is decorated. Priiuipio is in
large capitals.
On 138'' are four lines of gold capitals and four of green uncials, carrying the text down to factum est nihil.
The text ends, 174*, without colophon. The lower two-thirds of the leaf are cut off. The verso blank.
Inc. Capitnlare Euangcliorum dc circulo anni (smaller script) i75
In uigil. natalis domini.
I Jan. is natale S. Mariac.
21 Feb. is Anastasi monachi.
The Sessorian basilica is thus written : in suxurio quod est in basilica hierusalem.
The Capitulare seems wholly Roman.
The last Gospels are /« agenda mortuorum.
The last pages, i89''-i9i*, arc a good deal soiled.
191^ is blank, and so is a modem fly-leaf.
I cannot be sure that more than one scribe has been employed on the book. The four ornamented leaves
are clearly all by one hand.
30 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
11. EVANGELIA (DINANT).
Vellum, 300x190 mm., ff. 12+ 162 + 4 + 2, 27 lines to a page. Cent, xii (middle?), in
a fine upright hand, rather narrow and pointed. Written in Flanders.
From Dinant on the Meuse : see later.
Collation, a^ b^ (wants 3, 4) c* | i*-xx* xxi* | d (four) : two loose papers.
Binding. Wooden boards, covered and edged with metal. The back has fragments of old red leather,
with remains of early stamps. There is a metal clasp engraved with the word Maria in gothic letters on
a hatched ground.
The front cover has a border composed of metal plates, some enamelled and some engraved.
The enamels are as follows : at the angles, four half-lengths of Angels, representing Virtues : each holds
a disk : the grounds are blue.
Top, L. FIDES. R. SPX. Bottom, L, CARITAS. R. HVMILITAS.
The remaining six enamels represent Apostles. Those at top and bottom are horizontally oblong, and
show the bust and the hands raised, one holding a book. Those at the sides are rather over half-length, and
hold books.
They are: Top, MATH EVS. Bottom, ANDREAS.
L. THOMAS • BARTOLOMEVS.
R. lACOBVS • PHILIPPVS.
The alternate panels are all of one type : they arc engraved with patterns, and each has a central nail and
four round holes, which probably contained stones.
The sunk central panel has a broken border of thin metal, with repousse pattern. The field, which once
had an ivory or metal relief, has been painted in cent, xvi (fairly early), with a full-length figure of Christ in
dark robes (blue and purple), holding an orb with cross, and blessing. ^
The second cover is arranged exactly as the other. The enamels here represent : .
Angels. Top. L. Angel with book: MATHEVS • LIBER GHN
R. Ox. LVCAS • FVIT IN DIEB^ HERO
Bottom. R. Lion. MARC^ • MARIA MAGDALENE
L. Eagle. lOHS • IN PRIN.
Top. c. PAVLVS.
Bottom, c. PETRVS, key.
L. lOHANNES • IACOBVS.
R. SIMON • TADEVS.
The sunk central panel bears marks of a cross, perhaps, which was fastened to it with nails. It must have
contained relics, for at the top of the panel, painted in gold in cent, xvi (as I think), is the inscription :
DE LI . . T . S. LAVR. DE S. BERN
DE S. NICOLAO. DE S. CECILIA.
The lower part of the field is ornamented in fluid gold.
Contents:
f. i, detached from the cover, has on the verso
AnDreas qVas mittit aqVas pla barbara peLLIt,
which is a chronogram making 614: if we count the m of mittit we have 1614: some one has written 1613
below.
Also : Pertinet ecclesie dyoneii (xvi ?).
And : dinantum pollens cecidit victore Philippo, 1406.
nocte Regum Succubuit Charolus, 1576.
Also: Dinant 7bre 1836 SVN A (?).
A modern number, printed on paper : 10.
EVANGELIA (DINANT) 31
ii, iii». Blank.
There follow copies of oaths written in cent xvii, and, subsequently, earlier formulae as follows :
luramcntum Canonici, f. iii"*.
Two loose papers with lur. Canonici and lur. Beneficiati on each.
lur. Decani, iv. On iv*", v», beginnings of oaths.
Le Serment d'un Kschevin et GrcflRer (of Dinantj, v"*, in French.
Lc Serment dung mayeur (of Dinant), cent, xv-xvi, f. vi.
Lc serment dun cschcuin et greffier, as on v*": lined through, f. vi.
lur. Prcpositi (xvi), f. vi*".
The same in later hand (xvii).
lur. Canonici (xiv?), f. vii.
A decree : Notum sit omnibus quod a. d. m". ccc". tricesimo tcrcio indict, prima quintadecima die mensis
inaii fuit statutum in cccl. dyonen. in capitulo gencrali, &c.
It regulates the payments to Canons and Scholars^ and has the notarial mark of Jacobus Lambcrti de
Linscnnal.
Ends f. viii».
Followed by a memorandum on admission and oaths (.\iv P).
lur. Capellani (xiv), f. viii''.
lur. Custodis (xiv, another hand).
List of altars (xiv), viz. Altare S. loh. Bapt., Hubcrti, Lamberti, Pcrpctui, Petri, iiii" doctorum, Crucis,
Egidi, Gertrudis, iiii" Kwangelistarum.
lur. Abbatis sccularis (xv) : with a late addition, f. ix.
An oath written in cent, xv-xvi, and erased.
lur. Cantoris, Scolastici, Rectoris scolarum, f. ix''.
All written in cent. xiv.
An erased oath : cent, xiv or xv, f. ix'".
Constitution of Benedict. XII, in a neat charter hand, f. x.
Benedictus, &c., uas clectionis Paulus Apostolus egrcgius predicator.
Datum Auinioii. xv kal. Jan. Pontif. nostri anno secundo.
Expl. Const. Benedicti Pape huius nominis duodccimi emanata super taxacione Procuracionum racione
uisitacionis debitarum.
Le Serment du Basnier (xvi), f. xi**.
lur. Kpiscopi. Leodiensis quod idem prestat ccclesie Dyonen. ad maius altare (xv), f. xii.
lur. quod prestat Ep. Leodiensis villc Dyonen. vos warderes et feres warder, &c. (xv).
lur. decani ecclesic Dyonen. quod idem prestat capitulo prcfate ecdesie (xv), f. xii^
Here the main book begins.
Prologue of Jerome without title i
Plurcs fuissc . . . uiris canendas.
Beab'ssimo pape damaso 2**
Sciendum etiam 4
Eusebius Carpiano 4''
Rubric on the Canons, in assonant verse 5*
In primo ccrlc canone. quatuor concordant ordinate.
Ends : Singulorum in decimo significantur numcro.
The Canons of the Gospels, under round-headed, often intersecting, arches, drawn in red outline, with very
simple capitals and bases, &c.
Inc. Argumentum. Matheus ex iudca . . . non tacerc. Expl. arg. ii"*
Inc. Rrcviarium in Euangelio S. Mathei la
Natiuitas Christ! . . . de baptismo (no numbers). K-xpl. capitula.
Inicium sanctc euang. sec. math, added in a small late hand on 14".
14"". Full-page frontispiece. Picture in a frame of lines of red, blue, green, &c., on white : ground gold.
32 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Draperies white, with folds marked in red and green. Matthew, bearded, with blue nimbus and long yellow
hair sits on R., practically full-face, cross-legged. Me has an open book on his knees : with one finger of his /.
hand he steadies a ruler across the open pages ; the ruler has its ends cui-ved into volutes. With his r. hand
he rules a line with a short, flat-ended instrument, held upright ; he has already ruled two or three lines. On
L. is an empty desk, and above it a demi-angel stoops out of a green and white cloud, holding a blank scroll.
Below is the word LIBER, in large gold capitals : the initial is on blue ground, and has serpents and foliage
in colour : the other letters are without coloured grounds and are decorated with flourishing in red.
Subsequent small initials are usually in red and blue alternately.
Ends ,55^ Expl. liber Mathei.
Inc. prologus super Marcum. Marcus cuangelista ... deus est. Expl. Prol. 55'',
(Capitula.) Isaie testimonio iohanncs angelo (-us) id est nuntius appellatur . . . ucl discipulorum predicatio
signis sequentibus iudicatur 56
The lower half of ,57'' is occupied by a picture of Mark. Frame, ground, and colouring as before. Mark
sits on a cushioned seat, with low curved back, and turns to R., holding up a pen, which he cuts with a knife.
Desk with open ruled book on R. : winged lion with blank scroll in cloud on L. Mark's nimbus is green.
On 58* is the initial. A tall narrow panel, with gold ground, containing a full-length figure of John Baptist,
with green nimbus, green and white robe over hair-garment, holding and pointing to a medallion of the
Agnus del.
Ends 83*. Expl. euang. sec. Marc.
Inc. prologus in euangelio sec. Lucam 83
Lucas syrus . . . prodesse, gold initial.
Expl. prol. Inc. Breviarium eiusdem 84
Prefatione lucas theophilo euangelium indicat per ordinem se descripturum . . . promissumque patris
missurum se eis dicens.
Expl. capitula (S;**).
On the same page (Syb) is Luke's prologue, with gold initial.
88". Picture of Luke (frame and ground, &c., as before). He has blue nimbus, and is on an elaborate
chair, bending forward to R., to write (with pen and knife) in a blank book on a desk, over which is the winged
ox, scroll in mouth, emerging from a cloud.
Below is the word FUIT in gold capitals, treated as before, the initial set on a blue ground, with conven-
tional foliage in colour.
Ends 139*. Expl. euang. sec. Luc.
Inc. prefatio eu, sec. loh. Hie est lohannes (so far in red) EvvANgelista. The E in gold, large, on blue
ground, with coloured ornament 129
.'. . doctrina seruetur. Expl. pref.
Inc. Breviarium in euangelio lohannis 129''
Phariseorum leuite . . . resurrectio eius,
130''. Picture: frame, ground, colouring as before. John, bearded, with green nimbus, sits, turning to L. :
his r. hand holding a pen to his mouth : his r. elbow resting on his knee : a curved knife in his /, hand : book
on desk on L. : above it, the eagle in a cloud with blank scroll.
Below, two lines of gold capitals, IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBVM. The initial is plain gold : the
other letters have slight ornaments in red and green.
Ends 161" without colophon.
The remaining leaves are blank ; but on the last page, once attached to the cover, is :
1526 obiit mgr. Joes militf. 1547 e viuisdecessit dominus Egidius Charle decanus. 1549 fato obtemperauit
M. Joes Henry. 1378 Mgr. Gerardus quondam decanus Abbas secularis dion. obiit. Eodem anno M. Jacobus
Tarer obiitt. Dominus Thomas Martini electus via spiritus sancti (i. e. by direct inspiration,~as opposed to
via scrutinii or via compromissionis).
The drawing of the pictures is very fine, clean, and severe : the general effect of colour is pale.
HOMILIARIUS fLUXEUIL) 33
12. HOMILIARIUS (LUXEUIL).
Vellum, ii|x8s in., ff. 143+6 paper, 27 lines to a page. Cent, viii-ix.
Formerly MS. Libri 495 (sale of 1859) : facsimiles in plates v and xiii of Sale
Catalogue.
CoUation. i» ( + 0 a*-5* 6« 7»-i8«.
Prefixed, on six leaves of paper, is an elaborate account of the MS. in French, signed by Dom Victor
Pcrrin, archiviste, and headed
Quatriime Manuscrit *
Le 4* manuscrit est du 9* cu du 8* si^cle : il renferme des homilies sur Ics Evangiles dont la premiere est
de S' Fulgence. Chaque hom^lie est pr^c^^c du commencement de I'Evangile dont on rapporte trois ou
quatrc lignes ensuitc ces deux mots qui sont encore en usAge aujourdhuy et reliqua, apres quoy on lit Hoinelia
ou Dicta ; par exemple, S" Hieronimi ou d'un autre P^re : Les homilies sont fort longues et k la marge il y a
des num^ros qui marquent qu'on les partageoit quclque fois comme on fait les Lemons : II n'y en a point sur les
Mystcres, mais sculemcnt sur les ffites des Saints dont on faisoit I'officc en cc temps li, ce qui fait presumer
qu'il y avoit un Caier s^par^ pour les homilies sur les Evangiles propres aux Mystcres et aux fStes de Notre
Seigneur.
A list of the Homilies follows, for which I substitute more precise indications.
On f. I at top (xvii) homiliae sanctorum patrum.
1. Title in red uncials, gone, except . . . secundum Lucam.
In illo tempore Dixit Ihcsus discipulis suis (uncials).
Sint lumbi ucstri precincti, &c.
Dominicus sermo quern dcbemus omnes non solum studiose (Ixv. 719).
Ends 5''. Expl. omeiia B. Fulgentii Ep. de Confcssoribus.
There follow two portions of antiphons of cent xi ? with neumes 5*
(a) Ecce karissimi dies ilia iudicii.
(i) Ecce mater nostra icrusalcm.
2. Sermo S. Severiani in natali Innocentum (lii. 604, xcv. 11 74, &c.) 6
Zelus quo tcndit.
3. Seucriani in natal, in(nocentum) 6*
Dedicatur nouus ab infantibus sermo (xcv. 1 176).
Beginning of Gospel : Sic deus dilexit mundum 7*
Scribbles : Contra Gattta or Gatcta frcncnetica.
Te lucis auctor, &c.
4. Ymnus de Sanctis Innocentibus 8
Salucte flores martyrum (with neumes).
In .mother hand :
Exultent omnes sincera mente fideles (with neumes).
Inuitatorium. Sanctorum sancte iubilemus tempore cuncto (neumes).
In larger hand :
Tc lucis auctor (with neumes).
5. Sec loh. Sic deus dilexit mundum 8
Ergo quantum in medico est sanare.
6. Fcria. iii. sec. loh. . . . Amen amen dico uobis qui non intrat S*"
De inluminato illo qui natus est caecus.
7. Sec. loh. . . . Nemo potest uenire ad me 9
Magnae gratiac commcndatio.
* This beading is similar to that in MS. Bodl. Add. A. 1 73* (Sacramentary of cent ix), 891 in the Libri Sale, also a Luxeuil book.
F
34 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
b
8. Sec. Luc. Conuocatis Ihesus xii"" apostolis 9
Concessa primum potestate signorum (xciv. 455).
This first quire is in difTerqnt and later hands from what follows.
The volume proper begins with f. 10. At top of this is scribbled (early) Recentutus est totu;«.
Table of Homilies (i-xxviiii) 1°
Scribbles : (a) Oportebat pati cristum.
{l>} Orabat sanctus ypolitus voce magna (twice).
(c) Has literas in lapidibus/scultas ita Invenimus extra positis (dots in MS.).
Luxouio et BRIXI^ • G • IVL • /
FiRMAR ■ IVS • V • S • L • M • See Corpus inscript. Lat. xiii. 2, no. 5426.
{d) Ciues caelestis patriae (with neumes).
1. Title in red capitals (ist line) and uncials (11. 2, 3) lo*"
Incipit liber de Natali/ciis sanctorum .VH. KAL. IAN. NATALE Sancti Ste/phani diaconi et martyris
Euang. / sec. Matth. . . . Dicebat Ihesus turbis ludaeorum. Ecce ego mitto, &c.
Dicta S. Hieronimi presbiteri (from the Comm. on Matt. xxiv).
Hoc quod ante dixeramus. Handsome initial in red and black, the upper half of fine interlaced work.
2. VI. KL. IAN. Nat. S. lohannis Euangelistae. Euang. sec. loh. 12''
Dicta S. Agustini Ep.
Non parua quaestio est {m loh.).
Alphabet scribbled at top of 13^
... In hac et idolum dianae fuit ab apostolo paulo destructum.
lohannes apostolus et euangelista filius zebedie . . . puluis ebulliat. Quieuit autem apud ephesum
VI. Kal. Ian. . 17
3. V. KL. IAN. Natale Innocentium Euang., &c. 17''
Dicta Hieronimi presb.
Quando tollit puerum {in Matt, ii) . . . de radice conscendet.
4. XII. KL. Feb. Nat. S. Agnetis Virg. • 18"
Dicta Gregorii papae.
Caelorum regn[or]um fratres karissimi (Ixxvi. 1114) . . . gaudia sine labore capiatis.
5. Non. Feb. Nat. Agathe Virg. • 21''
Dicta Gregorii papae.
Saepe uos frat. kar. ammoneo praua opera (Ixxvi. 11 18).
6. III. KAL. Apr. Conceptio S. Mariae de spiritu sancto . 2^
Dicta S. Ambrosii Ep.
Latent quidem diuina mysteria (xv. 1551).
7. Kl. Mai. Nat. Apostolorum Philippi et lacobi 31
Omelia eiusdem. Dicta b. Agustini Ep.
Hie praedicat apostolus {sic) de passione sua.
Relatio Egesippi in hystoria ecclesiastica de lacobi lusti passione 35''
Suscepit inquit ecclesiam cum apostolis pater domini . . . rursus sceleratas iniecerint manus.
Jacobus alfei episcopus hierosolymorum primus cognomento iustus . . . propter eius interfectionem hieroso-
lyma credatur esse diruta 36''
Philippus a bethsaida ciuitate . . . cum filiabus suis ibidem requiescit 37
8. V. NON. Mai. Inuentio S. Crucis 37
Dicta b. Hieronimi presb.
Supra dixerat. quod dico uobis in tenebris {in Matt.).
9. V. Kal. Jun. Nat. S. Germani Ep. 38''
Sermo b. Hieronimi presb.
Perspicue ostendit quare supra dixerat (? xciv. 470).
10. VI. Id. Jun. Nat. B. Medardi Ep. 39
Dicta S. Gregorii.
HOMILIARIUS (LUXEUIL) 35
Lectio S. euangelii, fr. kar., sollicite considerare (Ixxyi. i io6).
II. Villi. Kal. Jul. Vigilia S. loh. Bapt. 4**
Omelia Lectionis eiusdem. uenerabilis Bedae presb.
Uenturus in came dominus (xciv. 202).
I a. VIII. Kal. Jul. Natiuitas S. lohannis 48"
Sermo uen. Bedae presb.
Praccursoris domini natiuitas (xciv. aio).
13. De eadem festiuitate (sermo) b. Maximi Ep. 53
Festiuitatem praesentis diei (Ivii. 3H9).
14. nil. Kal. Jul. Uigil. S. Petri et Pauli apostolorum 53*
Cum ergo prandissent hoc est quando tertio dominus.
15. III. Kal. Jul. Natale S. Petri Ap. 54''
Okta b. Hicronimi presb. ,
Uenit autem ihesus in partes caesareae philippi (in Matt.).
16. Prid. Kal. lul. Nat. S. Pauli Ap. ' 56"
Dicta Hicronimi presb.
Grandis fiducia. Petrus piscator (ibid.).
17. III. Id. lul. Translatio corporis S. Martini Ep. 57
Omelia eiusdem lectionis b. Gregorii papae.
Sancti euangelii fr. kar. aperta uobis est lectio (Ixxvi. 11 33).
iX. VII L Kal. Agust. Nat. S. lacobi ap. fratris S. loli. Euang. 60
Gr^orii.
Cum cuncta sacra eloquia (Ixxvi. 1 205).
i8*. Title added at top. Lectio s. euang. &c. Gr^orii 61^
Certe dum filii zebedei interucniente matre.
19. In Nat. S. Laurcntii Archidiaconi 64**
Agustinus.
Se autem diccbat ipsum esse granum (in loh.).
ao. In adsumptione S. Mariac 66^
Dicta S. Ambrosii Ep.
Sanctum euangclium cum legeretur audiuimus (xxxviii. 433).
ai. In Nat. S. Bartholomci Ap. VIII(I). Kal. Sept. 68''
Dicta b. Hicronimi presb.
Lupos scribas et pharisaeos uocat (in Malt.).
aa. In Decollatione S. lohannis Bapt. 69''
Hieronimus.
Quidam ccclesiasticorum interpretum.
A miracle.
In urbe autem Toronica est ecclesia s. manae uirginis et s. loh. baptistae nomine consecrata (Greg. Turon
Ghr. Mart. 19) 71"
a3. XVIII; Kal. Oct. Kxaltatio S. Cnicis 71*
Dicta S. Aguatini.
Nisi quia renatus fuerit (in loh.).
De serpcntis cxaltationc Hieronimus 73
Sicut exaltatus est serpens.
14. XI. Kal. Oct Nat. S. Mathei Ap. 74''
Dicta S. Agustini.
Numquid unum sunt agricola et uitis.
35. III. Kal. Oct. Dedicatio Basilicae Archangel! Michahelis 75''
Hicronimi presb.
Quod sacpc monui ctiam nunc. ..
F a
36
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
26. VII. Id. Oct. Nat. S. Dionisii
Dicta Gregorii Papae.
Si consideremus frat. kar. quae et quanta (Ixxvi. 1275).
27. VIII. Kal. Non. Nat. Crispine(-i) et Crispiniane (-i)
Dicta b. Gregorii.
Quia longius ab urbe digress! sumus (Ixxvi. 1259).
28. V. Kal. Non. Nat. SS. App. Symonis et ludae
Dicta S. Agustini.
Haec mando nobis.
29. Prid. Kal. Dec. Nat. S. Andreae Ap.
Dicta Gregorii Papae.
Auditis fr. kar. quia ad unius iussionis uocem (ixxvi. 1093).
30. XII. Kal. Ian. Nat. S. Thomae Ap.
Dicta S. Agustini Ep.
Secundum hoc dicit quod est caput.
31. De plurimis martyribus
Dicta Gregorii.
Quia dominus ac redemptor (Ixxvi. 1233).
On 98'', 99* the ink is gone in parts.
32. De plurimis martyribus
Dicta Hieronimi presb.
Dominus ad montana conscendit {in Matt. v).
2,^, De plur. mart. Dicta S. Gregorii
Sancti euangelii fr. kar. breuis est lectio (Ixxvi. 1086).
34. Recapitulatio in Nat. S. Agnae. Sermo b. Maximi Ep.
- Dum (Cum) in toto mundo (xvii. 701 : Ivii. 643).
35. Recapit. lohannis Baptistae
loh. bapt. filius zacharie ex tribu leui . . . greco sermone augustam uocauit.
^6. In uigilia S. Petri . . . Lectionis eiusdem Bede presb.
Uirtutem nobis perfectae dilectionis (xciv. 214).
37. Item de eadem festiuitate sermo Maximi
Gloriosissimos christiane fidei principes (Ivii. 391 : Iviii. 880).
38. Cuius supra de eadem fest.
Apostolici natalis gaudio (Ivii. 397).
39. Item de eadem die . . . omelia Bedae presb.
Respondens simon petrus . . . Notet autem dilectio uestra.
Simon petrus filius lohannis frater andreae . . . totius urbis ueneratione celebratur
40. Item sermo b. Agustini de Nat. S. Pauli
Amen inquit dico uobis quod uos qui secuti estis me.
Paulus qui ante Saulus . . . tertio ab urbe roma miliario contra orientalem plagam
41. Recapit. Nat. S. lacobi. Omelia Agustini ep.
Hoc est praeceptum meum.
lacobus filius zebedei frater lohannis . . . sepultusque est in achaia marmarica
In illo autem tempore sine dubio tempus quod sub claudio ... in apostolorum actibus
docet.
42. Recapit. S. lohannis. Sermo lohannis Ep.
Heu me quid agam (xcv. 1508).
43. Recapit. S. Matthei. Omelia Bedae presbi
Legimus apostolum dicentem quia omnes peccaverunt (xciv. 249)
44. Recapit. S. ludae Ap.
ludas lacobi frater ... in nerito arminiae urbe.
77"
'89
92''
94"
97
102
104
106''
109
109''
III*
114''
115'
119
119''
J 20
120''
125"
conscripta nosse
126
126*
131"
HOMILIARIUS (LUXEUIL) 37
Recapit S. Symonis Ap.
Simon zelotes qui prius dictus est chananeus . . . sortes proprias acceperunt.
Recapit S. Andreae Ap.
Andreas qui interpretatur decorus . . . cruci suspensus occubuit.
Recapit. S. Thomae Ap.
Thomas Christi discipulus didimus . . . sepultus est in honore.
45. Inc. Sermo B. Sarapionis de octo uitiis principalibus (xlix. 609) 132
In illo coetu antiquissimorum senum fuit uir nomine sarapion.
Ends imperfectly, 143'': israhelis id est animae uidentis dcum . . . qui cum uniuersas cordis.
Dom Victor Perrin's account, prefixed to the manuscript, gives an incomplete list of the Homilies without
indpits, copied from that in the MS. (f. 10), and proceeds with a list of the writers, and some remarks upon
Hegesippus, Bedc, Scrapion, Johannes Episcopus : then on the occurrence of SS. Denis and Crispin, on the
neumcs,'and on the Roman inscription copied on f. 10. On this he remarks :
11 seroit a souhaitter que ce monument se fQt conserve jusqu'a nous pour en juger auec plus de connois-
sance. Tout ce qu'on peut dire de plus probable est que ce Julius qui etoit pr^pos^ par les Romains aux
Bains de Luxeul et aux mines de St. Bresson Village de la Tene auoit ^rig^ ce monument ou quelqu'autre pour
Luy aprcs sa mort
II est certain qu'il y a des mines au uillage de St. Bresson, et qu'on y a trauaill^ autrefois pour en tirer de
I'argent. Ce qui marque que ce lieu a et^ considcre par les Romains qui y ont seurcment habite puisqu'en cette
annce 1 734 dans !e mois d'Octobre un particulier crcusant dans sa maison a trouu^ plus de cent m^dailies en
grand Bronze presque toutes frustcs ct Bistres a cause de Icur v^tuste, on y reconnoit cepandant les Tetes et
Ics inscriptions de plusieurs Empcreurs et de plusieurs imp^ratrices, scauoir de Commode, d'Adrien, d'Antonin,
et dc Faustine.
M. Oelisic in a notice of a Luxeuil MS. (Aug. in lohannem) of the year 625, then (1886) in the possession
of M. Le Caron of Troussurcs (Troussures, Oise) gives a list of fifteen other Luxeuil MSS. known to him, in
various collections : four of these were in the Libri sale (1859), nine in that of the Baron de Marguay (1857).
(Notices et Extraits,xxx\. a. 161.)
13. LUCAS GLOSSATUS.
Vellum, 8J X 65 in., ff. 132, 16 lines of text to a page. Cent, xii late, in a clear set hand.
The text, as usual, in a narrow column in the centre, the gloss on either side.
From Himmerode. On f. i. at bottom, is the mark L. iij (which also occurs in a smaller hand at the
top of the page) : and the inscription Liber monachorum Sancte Marie in Him/zterode ordinis Cisterciensis
treuerensis diocese^.;.
The same inscription, in the same hand, is repeated on the last leaf and on f. iS**.
The binding is of white pig-skin, with two clasps, and is of cent. xvii. On the centre of the first cover is
an oval gold stamp, containing a shield, bearing a sprig of oak, and surmounted by a mitre and crosier-head.
Above are the letters F. R. A. H. (Abbas Himmcrodensis). On the second cover is a similar stamp. The
shield bears two rings interlaced, and is surmounted by a crosier-head and the letters C. H. (Conventus
Himmerodensb ?).
Collation. i»-i6» 17*.
Contents : A short prologue, probably found by the scribe in his archetype.
Lectorem obsccro studiose paginas recensentcm libri huius ea que incaute contra eas stili percurrentes
dcsignata ucstigio sunt non meo coniungat errori. Sed peto mee ignoscere ignorantie et quia obtinatio (sic)
legentis ampliata uirtus exercitat ad purum mentis suus (sic) fauoribus meique memor benigne i
The ordinary prologue i
(L)ucas antiochensis natione syrus . . . fastidicentibus {sic) prodcsse (2'').
38 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The text of the Gospel occupies the central column, the gloss a narrow column on the inner side, and
a broader one on the outer.
The L. column begins
Lucas de omnibus que fecit ihesus et docuit 3
That on R.
Vitulus sacerdotalis hostia. ^
In the earlier pages the ink has in many places come off through damp.
There are two fairly good initials to St. Luke's Prologue and to the beginning of his narrative, in red and
blue.
The gloss is the Glossa Ordinaria.
The text ends complete on f. 132, the lower half of which has been cut off.
The gloss on L. ends : et benedictione concludit.
That on R. : quando reuertatur a nuptiis.
14. MINIATURE ANTICHE.
A quarto volume, lettered as above, in modern morocco binding, containing a collection
of initial letters and other miniatures, cut out of manuscripts — principally Italian choir-books.
Where not otherwise described, the cuttings are of the fifteenth century and of Italian
work.
They are arranged as follows :
I. f. I . Letter I . Creation of Eve. Christ in blue mantle, over red robe, stands on L. Eve rises from
Adam's side on R. Landscape, with trees, in which the high lights are touched in with fluid gold.
The text and part of a decorative initial on the verso are of Italian execution,
a. f. 2. Letter L. Half-length, bearded, nimbed figure (Christ ?), blessing. Italian.
3. £ 3. Letter O. Creation of Birds and Fish. God (more than half-length) on L., blessing. On R., in
air, birds (4) ; below, in water, fish (dolphins, eel, &c.).
4. f. 4. Square miniature. God (?), half-length, in a coloured glory, blessing.
5. f. 5. Square miniature. Creation of trees. God, on L., blessing (half-length) : landscape, trees, and
flowers on R.
6. f. 6. Letter P. Bust of Peter, with key : dark ground.
7. Letter D. Paul, half-length, with sword : landscape.
8. f 7. Square picture. A white-habited monk, half-length, nimbed, with paper and open book : a small
round scar on his forehead. Landscape seen through windows on R. and L.
9. f. 8. Letter R. Bearded, half-length figure in red, with rayed head : blessing, and holding open book :
masonry behind.
10. f. 9. Letter O. Group of half-lengths of Christ, blessing, and Apostles,
II. f. 10. Letter A (?), large. On L., in a cliair, sits Isaac, old, nimbed, in red over green : to him enters from
R. Esau, with bow, young, with hairy neck and legs, on which are high boots. A landscape seen
through a window in c.
Below, in white, on a black label, LITTI FLORENTIE PINSIT.'
12. f. 11. Letter O. Half-length: group of Peter, with key, and other Apostles.
' On this artist Mr. S. C. Cockerel! kindly gives me the following note: He is evidently Littifredi Corbizi, who signs
a miniature at Siena (Bibl. Comunale Cod. x. v. 3. f. 50) HOC LITTES PHILIP<PI FLOR>EN<TINI> DE CORBIZIS
PINSIT OPUS ANO DNI M" 494. See J. W. Bradley, Diet, of Miniaturists, s.v. Corbizzi ; Borghesi & Banchi, Documenti del-
r arte senese, p. 354; Paolo d' Ancona, Ln miniatura Fiorentina, no. 1355 and pi. Ixxiz; Muntz, La Renaissance en Italie et en
France, p. 394.
MINIATURE ANTICHE 39
13. Letter P. Christ, bearing the Cross to L. : half-length, crowned with thorns.
14. f. 12. Letter D, large. The Resurrection. Christ with banner (red cross on white), in white over blue,
stands on a cloud over the tomb, in landscape. Four soldiers, in rich armour, sleep in various
attitudes about the tomb.
15. f. 13. Letter O. Half-length of a white-habited monk, hooded, with both hands held up, showing the
palms. Windows on K. and L. (cf. no. 8).
16. f. 14. Letter A or N. Half-lengths of Peter and Paul. Rays above. Brown ground.
17. f, 15. Letter 1. Half-length: tonsured saint in red cope blessing.
18. Letter A(?) Half-length : beardless figure in red over blue, facing L., praying.
19. f. 16. Letter A or N. Half-length : three wise Virgins, with lamps : in red and blue.
ao. f. 17. Square picture. Half-length: the Ascension, the mount, flat-topped, in front, possibly with traces
of blood on it. Eight Apostles seen ; Peter in c. The feet of the ascending Christ, and the white
skirt of His robe seen above.
21. f, 18. Four pieces of a rather coarse border, and twp oval medallions with Gabriel and the Virgin.
22. f, 19. Letter H, lai^c. The Baptism of Christ. John, on R., pouring water on His head from a shallow
bowl. An angel kneels on L. holding a linen cloth.
23. f. 30. Letter O. Half-length : Christ with orb.
34. f. 21. Letter LL. Half-length: a wise Virgin in red, with lamp.
35. Letter I ? David, nimbed, bareheaded, stands with joined hands in a landscape. A psaltery lies on I,.:
his cap and crown on R.
26. f. 22. Letter S, large, with portion of border. A priest, in red chasuble over white habit, elevates the
Host at an altar, on which are a crucifi.\ and two candles. A white-habited monk as server,
kneeling, supports his vestment.
In the border, a medallion oval of a nimbed Abbot in white habit, hooded, with crosier and book :
probably St. Benedict.
27. f. 23, Letter S. On L., two small workmen at the tops of two square masses of masonry, standing on
steps. A mitred bishop, in red cope, with two lay followers, censes the building. Dedication of
a church or abbey ?
2X. f. 24. Letter N. Half-length of S. Mary Magdalene (?) looking up to L., with hand on breast and gold
covered cup,
39. C 35. Letter A. Praying, beardless figure, half-length, looking up to R. Dark ground. Damaged.
30. f. 26. Letter LL. Praying monk, in white habit, half-length, looking up to R.
31. f. 37. Letter R. Half-length : beardless youth, with nimbus and laurel wreath, facing R. Dark
ground.
33. f. 3«. Letter P. Samuel (?), in red cope, beardless, standing on the footpace of an altar on L., anoints
from a horn the young kneeling David.
33. f. 29. Medallion. Half-length : St Benedict ? in white habit, hooded and bearded, holds bundle of rods
and book.
34. Half-length : Michael, in red, with sword.
35. f. 30. Letter A (xiii). Two nimbed men, seated, one beardless, one bearded, each with hand to face.
BItjc ground, with white dots.
36. f. 31. Letter D? (xv). David (?) kneeling, full-face, in landscape: above, Christ, half-length, in
a glory.
37. f. 33. Letter U. Two men, one beardless, kneel facing each other by a marble altar (?) in a landscape.
Christ appears in the sky.
38. f. 33. Letter S. Half-length : St. Benedict ? in white habit, nimbed and bearded, a rod in his L. hand,
holds the middle finger of his R. hand to his lips.
39. f. 34. Letter Q (xiii). Under a domical structure, with slender shafts. On L., Nero, crowned, seated.
Paul speaks to him. On R. Peter addresses one in grave-clothes, who stands upright in a tomb.
40. f. 35, Letter O ? (xvi), lai^e. A beardless Pope, in red cope, kneels, facing L., on the ground : his tiara
by him on L.
40 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
41. f. 36. Letter Q (xv-xvi), large. An executioner, in striped hose and red doublet, about to behead
a kneeling Apostle (resembling Peter) : the body (supported on its hands) and severed head of
another bearded Apostle beyond.
42. f. 37. Letter O. The Trinity (Italian), the Father in red robe, more than half-length, blessing and laying
His R. hand on the transverse beam of the Cross, which is before Him, with the Son (half-length)
upon it. The Dove immediately above the Cross.
43. f. 38. Miniature cut, perhaps from a law book (xiii). A man in red mantle, blue gown, and cap, sedated
on L., with book. Three men are before him, of whom one on R., in blue mantle and pink robe,
holding his cap (?) in his hand, seems to be speaking. Battlemented wall behind, and door on R.
44. f. 39. Letter S, large (xvi). The letter in gold, set on bright blue ground.
Pentecost ; the Virgin in c. The Dove scattering flames above, on yellow ground. The Father
at top (outside the letter : half-length).
The work may be Flemish.
45. f. 40. Square picture (xvi) from the same book, probably. The Call of Peter and Andrew. They wade
through the water to the shore on L., where Christ stands. Their boat, with crow's-nest on the
mast and three sailors, is in the offing. A spacious landscape behind.
46. f. 41. Letter P, large, from the same book. The Nativity. The Virgin kneels in C. adoring the Child.
Ox and ass at manger on L. Shepherds look through arches on R. Joseph draws water from
a well behind. Starry sky, with crescent moon and the Star.
47. f. 4a. Letter R, large, from the same book. The Resurrection. Christ, with banner, hovers above the
tomb. Four soldiers sleep. By one, on R., is a blue shield, with eleven gold besants 2, 3, 3, 2, i.
48. f. 43. Letter C, large, from the same book. The Last Supper. Green curtains on R. and L., behind
which are angels. A rich arras behind. Judas, with bag, sits on the nearer side of the table.
Above the canopy is written Caro mea vere est cibiis.
49. f. 44. Square miniature, xiii-xiv, from a Romance. On L., a man in a single-masted boat. On the
shore, on R., stands a crowned king, with raised hands, a door behind him. Pink ground, with
gold trellis.
The text on the back has been washed out, but revived, reads :
moult par ses diz et li
demanda sil cognoissoit
cele dame qui estoit alee
enue et qui mener len
. . loit et oil li respondit
.... veis moult bele et
moult richement vestue
&c. No proper names occur.
50. f. 45. Miniature, from the same book. Blue ground, with white lozenge-trellis and red dots. A battle
between two troops of mailed knights, horse and foot. Those on the L. have shields : (i) az. an
eagle displayed arg., (2) or 3 bends A^hAqx gules. Those on R. have : {i) gules (pink) 3 crescents
or, (2) sable 3 birds arg.
The text on the back contains no proper names.
,51. f. 46. Letter U, large, xvi. Italian. David, praying, in a landscape. His cap lies near him. In the
sky, a small seated figure of Christ. The picture is somewhat damaged.
52. f. 47. Letter N, xiii. Italian. Blue ground, with white crosses, each having four white dots in the
angles. On L., a throned king, with sceptre. Before him a crowned and nimbed woman in purple
robe, with lozenge-pattern upon it. Above her head the Dove, from whose beak three red rays
descend upon her. Behind her, on R., three men. This may well represent St. Katherine before
the Emperor. The text on the back reads : libamina ce/ 1 xpistum.
53. f. 48. Letter O or T, xv or xvi. Italian : damaged. The Washing of Feet.
54. f. 49. Letter I, with oval medallion, xv. Italian. St. Gregory in white tiara, and red cope and gloves
over white, seated, with crosier and green book: the Dove at his R. ear.
MINIATURE ANTICHE 41
It seems probable that the cuttings, which contain representations of monks in white, come from a book
connected with the Camalduiite order, which represented St. Benedict in a white habit.
A large number of the fifteenth-century Italian cuttings may very well come from one book or set of
books.
15. S. CYPRIAN I OPERA.
Vellum, I2| X 7^ in. (noticeably narrow for its height), IT. 2 + 204 + 1, 28 and 29 lines to a
page. Cent, viii, in at least two hands, which show Merovingian characteristics, passing
into Carolingian : headings in uncials and in capitals : lines ruled with a dry point. Damp
has carried away small portions of the tops of fT. 1-14, and the stain is perceptible as far as
f 39, decreasing as we go on.
The binding is of wooden boards, re-covered in modem times with brown leather.
The MS. was no. 298 in Libri's sale, 1859, and was bought for £170 for the Bateman Collection (lot 587,
1893, May 36, sold for ii^i/O). The Bateman bookplate is in the cover.
There are facsimiles of small portions in the Libri Catalogue, plates III, XVIII, XXVII.
The fly-leaves are from a ninth-century MS. of Jerome on Isaiah, in double columns. Parts of four leaves
(now appearing as two leaves) arc at the beginning, and parts of two leaves (used as one) at the end. On the
first of those at the beginning is the end of Lib. i and beginning of Lib. ii : heading in capitals.
At the bottom of f. i a sixteenth-century inscription has been p)r the most part cut away.
At the end (f 203^) is
Orate pro domino bartolomco/ abbatc m//rbacenj« (Barth. of Andlau, 1447-1476),
which shows that the provenance was the Abbey of Murbach.
This has been pointed out by Dr. L. Traubc in Paldographische Forschungen, iii, Munich, 1904, ' Jean-
Raptiste Maugcrard ', p. 33.J and pi. I.
The book is not identical with the Cyprian mentioned in the Catalogue of the Murbach MSS., drawn up
by order of Andlau in 1464.
It was the property of Pastor .Maimbourg, of Colmar (d. 1834), was sold by auction in 1838, and then or
subsequently passed into Libri's hands.
Facsimiles of flf. 48'* and 1 1^ are in New Pal. Soc, with a description, from which some of the facts given
above have been taken, and the following remarks on the writing.
Written in pre-Caroline minuscules, by several scribes. The hands in the first part of the MS. are some-
what rough, becoming strong and rather handsome in the later part, a is sometimes of the cc form, sometimes
of the a form. The up-strokes of 6, d, h, I are thick, but not usually clubbed, e occasionally projects above
the line (sec pi. 160, II. 5, 24), but not often, g has a form resembling the numeral 3. r is of two forms, the
one rising to a point above the line, the other being short and flat (see pi. 160, 1. \'],pressura). The cross-
stroke of / bcgms with a semi-circular curve on the left-hand side, forming a closed loop, as in the Lombardic
style, but this is not invariable (see pi. ifio, 1. 27, carilatcm, for both forms) ; in some hands the loop is not
closed (see pi. 161). One hand (e.g. f. 148 ••) has / for final / (and see pi. 160, 1. 29, conueniunt). For a special
form in combination with e or 1 see pi. 160, 11. 12, 13.
Abbreviations occur only in the most usual forms ; c.g.^(= est), adq;, neq:, uincit', precib;, au. Qum =
quoniam is less common. Noster and qui are usually written out at length, though rira = nostram occurs
(f. 109 b). Abbreviations arc often marked by an oblique instead of a horizontal line. "Punctuation is mainly
by the semi-colon and inverted semi-colon.
«
Collation, a-, i (gone), ii* (6 cane), iii* (no old number) (wants 5-7), iv (iii)' (3 cane), v' (6 cane), vi (v)* (3
cane), vii (vi/, viii (vii)' (3 cane), ix (viii)" (a cane), x (ix)* (7 cane), xi (x)* (8 cane), xii (xi)' (2 cane), xiii (xii)'
G
42 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
(6 cane), xiv (xiii)* (3 cane), xv (xiv)* (7 cane), xvi (xv)'" (3 and 7 cane), xvii (xvi)''^ (4 and 8 cane), xviii (old
number gone)" (2 cane, 6 mutilated), xix (xviii)' (3 cane), xx (xix)* (3 cane), xxi (xx)" (3 cane), xxii (xxi)',
xxiii (xxii)' (two replaced), xxiv '(xxiii)^ xxv (xxiv)'" (2 cane), xxvi (xxv)*, xxvii (xxvi)'" (two cane), xxviii
(xxvii)'" (two cane), xxix (xxviii not numbered)^", b (i) : 2 + 204 + i.
1. Heading in uncials, partly gone i
Inc. Epistula Sancti
De Celerino confessore lectore ... '
Cyprianus presbyteris, &e Ad cognoscenda et amplectanda (Hartel 39, p. ^Sf).
Expl. ad clerum de Cel. Conf. lectore ordinate.
2. Inc. de Martialc . . . Cyprianus et ceteri coepiscopi, &e 3
Cum in unum conuenissemus (H. 67, p. 735).
f. 5'' left blank, because of bad quality of vellum.
Expl. dc Martiale et dc Basilidc.
3. Inc. ad martires et confessores 7*
Cypr. martyribus, &c. . . . Exulto letus (H. 10, p. 490).
Ends imperfectly 'in hoc mundo' (H. 1. 19).
4. Part of H. 69, cap. 13-1.5 (p. 762, 1. 21) ' eo quod ad (!) aqua salu(tari) ' to 764, 1. 22 'diuina indulgentia
liberatur ' 8
Followed by the rest of the text H. 69, cap. 12, &c., p. 760.
Inc. de eis qui (in lecto consequuntur) 9
' Quesisti etiam fili ' to cap. 13 ' existimat eos nihil consecutos ' (here follows f. 7).
3*. End of H. ID, from ' in quo oportet ' (p. 493, 1. 4) 10
Remaining portion ofH. io,from'ncc plus adiciendum (!)' (p. 490, 1. 19) to 'apostolus Paulus' (p. 493, 1. 4) 11
The text is therefore complete : order of leaves, 8, 11, 10.
4*. Further portion of H. 69, cap. 15, 'Nam si scripsi' (p. 764, 1. 22) to end, ' ad inuicem iudicemus '. Expl.
(12'') 12
At this point is a change of hand.
5. Title in outlined capitals.
Inc. ad Ouirinum liber primus * 13
Cyprianus Quirino, &c. Testimoniorum libri iii (Hartel, p. 35).
Capitula on 13'', numbered with Greek numerals, A-Kr.
Text .14''
Lib. ii, f. 23''. Capitula numbered A-K©.
Apparent change of hand at f. 34, resumption at f. 42.
Lib. iii, f. 42. Capitula not numbered.
Ends f. 74 : die et nocte. j^
Ad Quirinum finit liber tertius excepta (sic) capitulorum numero cxx.
6. Inc. ad Cycilium de sacramento dominici calicis. Ciprianus Cecilio fratri salutem 74
Hartel, no. 63, p. 70], down to p. 707, 1. 13, ' mulierem dominus loquitur dicens'.
Continuing, without a break, with
7. Hartel 74, p. 807, 1. 17, lenis et mitis ... a pastore restitui. Expl. ad Pompeianum contra epistolam
Stephani de hereticis baptizandis.
4''. Inc. ad Magnum de Nouatiani baptismo (H. 69, p. 749) to 1. 13 ' ncque potest excepi ' 77''
Continuing, without break, at p. 755, 1. 16 ' intcUegentiae lucL-m ' (78) to 758, 1. 15 ' sacrificia eorum tanquam
panis' (79).
Then continuing without break
6'. H. 63, p. 707, I. 13 ' omnis qui biberit ', to end.
Expl. de sacramento dominice calicis.
8. Inc. ad Rogatianum et ceteros confif. (H. 6, p. 480) 83''
9. Inc. ad Antonianum (H. 55, p. 624) f^o"
A change or modification of hand on ff. 86-90,
S. CYPRIANI OPERA 4^
10. Heading in larger capitals
Inc. Mosi et Maximo prr. et ceteris conff. (H. 28, p. 545) g8
11. Inc. quibus supra (H. 37, p. 576) ggb
12. Inc. ad clerum de precando deo pro peccatis nostris (H. 11, p. 495) , 10a''
13. Inc. ad clerum et plcbem de Aurelio conf. lectore ordinato (H. 38, p. 579) I04'>
14. Inc. ad martyr, et conff. in metallo constitutis (!) (H. 76, p. 827) 105''
15. Inc. ad lubaianum dc hereticis baptizandis (H. 73, p. 778) 109
Ends I20»: lower half of leaf cut off: 120'' blank.
Change of hand.
16. Inc. ad Quintum (H. 71, p. 771) 121
17. Inc. ad Eosdem (H. 70, p. 766) laa'
E.xpl. ad lubaianum de hereticis baptizandis Epistule numero iii.
18. Ind Sententiac cpi.scoporum numero Ixxxvii (Hartel i, p. 43.';) 124''
19. Inc de diacono su|)erbo (H. 3, p. 469) . 135
Finit de diacono superbo.
J*. Inc. ad Pompeium contra acpistula Sthcfani (H. 74, p. 799), to ' ut serpentinis ' (p. «o6. 1. 10) 137
Continues without break
4''. H. 69, p. 7j8, J. 1-, ' luctus, omnes qui manducant ' to end of Cap. ii ' ad Christi etclesiam ueniunt. amen'.
Expl. ad Magnum de Novatiani Baptismo (p. 760. 13) 141
20. Inc ad Fidum de infantibus baptizandis (H. 64, p. 717) 142
21. Inc ad Eucratium de Istrione (H. 2, p. 467) 144
22. Inc. ad Stephanum de Concilio (H. 72, p. 775) 145''
23. Inc. ad presbitcros et diaconcs et (corr. to »/) his confratrcs qui in carcerc sunt constituti humanitus omnis
prebcatur (H. 12, p. 502) 147''
24. Inc. ad Romanes (H. 32, p. ^65) • 148*
2.V Item inc. ad Romanes (H. 20, p. 527) 149
26. Inc. ad Rogatianum et ccteros dc obscruanda disciplina (H. 13, p. 504) 150*
27. Inc. ad plebem de Uirtio brcsbitero (H. 43, p. 590) 153
28. Inc. ad epictitum et ad plcbem ad syritanorum dc episcopo corum (H. 65, p. 721) 157
29. Inc ad comelium de nouatiano (H. 52, p. 616) 159
30. Inc. ad clerum et plebem de Uictore qui Faustinum presbiterum tutorem nominauit (H. i, p. 465) 161
31. Inc. ad Fortunatum et cetcroa qui per tormenta supcrantur (H. 56, p. 648) 162''
19 (again). Inc. ad Rogatianum de diacono (H. 3, p. 469) (see f. 135) 163''
32. Inc ad Comelium (H. 47, p. 605) 165^
;i^. Item ad Comelium inc. (H. 45, p. 599) J 66
34. Inc. item ad eundem (H. 44, p. .597) 168
Ad Corn, dc cpiscopatu eiusdem epistule nostre tertia expl.
35. Inc ad Lucium de exilio reuersum (H. 61, p. 69,5) 169''
36. Inc ad Maximum ct Nicostratum (H. 46, p. 604) 17*
37. Inc de Numidio Conf. presbitero ordinato (H. 40, p. 585) 172
38. Inc. ad Pohponium dc virginibus (H. 4, p. 472) '7^''
3i lines on f. 1 73' erased, and the rest left blank. Text continued on 1 74.
On 173"" is an insertion of a passage omitted on 174, viz. p. 473, 1. 18 'quam ut qui deum' to 474. ii
'conscientia grauissima '.
39. Inc. ad Corneiium de lapsis (H. .57, p. 650) 176
4c. Inc. ad Comelium de quinque pr. (H. 59, p. 666) J 79
Change of vellum.
41. Inc ad eundem (H. 48, p. 606) J 93''
42. Inc. ad Comelium de confessione eius (H. 51, p. 614) i9.5
43. Inc ad Maximum pr. et Urbanum et Sidonium ct Macarium (H. 54, p. 621) 19*^
44. Inc. ad Comelium de confessione eius (H. 60, p. 691) i97
• G a
44 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
45. Inc. quod Idola Dii non sint (H. i, p. 19) 199''
Ends 203'': si Christum fuerimus secuti.
Omnis labor finem habet premium autem non(a)bet finem.
Finit.
f. 204' is blank : on the verso are two rough drawings of an ecclesiastic, holding a book.
The texts are all complete, except H. 69 (ad Magnum), which has a lacuna from p. 749, 1. 13 'quominus
ipse' to 755. 16 'et maiorem ': and H. 74 (ad Pompeium), which wants p. 806. 10 'crinibus puUulantes ' to 807. 17
' discendi patientiam '.
' The MS. has been unintelligently copied from one in which some gatherings had been disarranged, so
that epp. 63, 74, 69 (pi. I) are in confusion. But there is no doubt as to the reconstruction of the order.'
This, and some other points, I learn from Mr. C. H. Turner, of Magdalen College, Oxford, who in turn
derived information from Mr. E. W. Watson. The latter has collated the text of the MS., which is denoted by
the symbol X. It was not known to Hartel.
16. PARS BIBLIORUM
Vellum, 460 X 335 mm. ; ff. 240, double columns of 26 lines. Cent, xiii, in a magnifi-
cent black hand.
Collation, a (gone) b"-e" f (gone) gW-zi" &" ^ " tt".
Contents :
Genesis, beginning imperfectly in iii : -disti uocem uxoris tue, f. i.
Ending xliii : nisi reduxero et tradidero.
Exodus, beginning in iii : ignis de medio rubi 41
Leviticus 82
Numeri iii''
Deuteronomium ' 154"'
' Prefacio S. Hieronimi presb. in libro losue 193''
Tandem finito.
losue 194''
ludicum 222
Ruth, ending in i : morabantur ibi. Et mortuus est elimelech 240''
The book is evidently the first part of a magnificent Bible. I suppose the district where it was executed
to have been French Flanders. The character of the grotesques is a principal factor in this estimate : they
appear to me to be neither French nor English in character, while recalling both.
The script slightly increases in size towards the middle of the book ; but I cannot distinguish two scribes
with certainty.
The decoration consists of :
(a) Initials to chapters.
(^) Historiated initials to Books.
Each chapter has an initial, with a bar of ornament extending the whole length of the column.
These initials usually contain animals or grotesques. A common practice with the bar of ornament is to
decorate it with a shaft of blue on a red ground (or vice versa) : round this shaft are entwined dragons or other
beasts.
Among the more interesting of these initials are :
Gen. X. A cockatrice, xiii. Centaur.
xxi. Sarah kneels with scroll, dofnine. God's head in sky.
•xxvi. Mermaid, xl. Fish, with human head.
Exodus V. Fox, with cock in his mouth-
xxxi. Merman in hat.
PARS BIBLIORUM 45
Levit. iii. Mermaid.
xxi. Merman, hat and book,
xxvii. Merman, with beak, club, and shield.
In Numbers, gold is used for wings, &c., of birds.
Num. xxi. Mermaid, with fish.
Jos. vii. A dog. ix. Owl.
In most cases the bar of ornament is surmounted by a bird.
The large initials to the book conform closely in subject and treatment to those which are found in the
small Bibles of the thirteenth century; but, as might be expected in a book of this importance, they are of
great splendour. The first that remains is that to
Leviticus. Gold ground. A building showing three trefoiled arches and roof with pinnacles. Inc. kneel
two Jews, facing R. : the foremost places a sheep on a drajjcd altar, above which is seen the face of Christ. Two
more Jews stand on L., the foremost holding a small lamb.
The initial (of pink, &c.) Ls set on a patterned blue .ground. Bar of ornament, mainly gold, spreads up
and down tho page.
Numbers. A similar setting. Trefoiled arches and gold ground. On I,., Christ, slightly bearded, in blue
over slate-coloured robe, holds up a small book and addresses Moses (horned, with the Tables) and three other
Jews standing on R. : one of these holds a red book.
Deuteronomy. A smaller picture. Moses, horned, with Tables, a Jew behind him, addresses three or four
Jews on K., one of whom has a scroll. At top of the ornament of the initial is a boy striking a bird : low down
is a boy juggling with knives. He has thrown up three in the air and holds a fourth.
Prologue to Joshua. Decorative initial, with much fine gold.
Joshua. A group of three men, one in a Jew's hat, kneel. The face of God in the sky. Brown-red
ground.
Judges. A quite similar scene. All the men have Jews' hats: the ground is gold, and there is a fine
gold border on two sides of the page.
Ruth. Above, Elimelech, in hat, with cloak on stick over shoulder, walks to K. Below, Naomi leads her
two young sons to R.
17 BIBLIA
Vellum, 8J x 6J in., ff. i +399, double columns of 53 lines. Cent, xiii (first half) : exqui-
sitely written, probably in Picardy.
Purchased in 1864 at the Duchesse de Bern's sale (lot 7).
. At the bottom of f. i is a faint inscription (repeated on f. 399) :
Ue libris S. Acheol(i)
Janvier (?). 16 . . i .
At the top of the same page :
Sig. ^r 104 (xvi).
At the end of the Apocalypse an inscription of cent. xiv(?) carefully erased :
hunc libr
Celestin. de uill . . dria
prope acquisiuit fr.
guillelmus eiusdem loci.
On the last fly-leaf but one an erased inscription of cent, xv, xvi :
Ce liure est aux Cclcstins de Vill . .*....
Possibly Villandraut in Gironde b meant.
Collation. One late fly-leaf/ i" (i, 3 blank) ii" iii^-ix'" (x, xi gone) xii" (counts 1) xiii"-xviii" xix*'
xx'*-xxiii" xxiv'* / xxv" xxvi" xxvii*.
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WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Contents : Prologues : Frater Ambrosius i
Desiderii mei.
Lines 1-84 of the Praefatio Bibliothecae of Theodulf, Bp. of Orleans (760-831) : see Poetae aevi Carolini
(MGH). I. r^i% :
Quicquid ab hebieo . . .
. . . quatuor alma sedent.
The .order of books implied in these verses is: Gen.-Rutb, 1-4 Kings, Isa., Jer., Ezek., minor propnets,
Job, Psalms, Prov., liccl.. Cant., Daniel, i, 3 Chron., Ezra (Nehem.), Esther, Wisdom, Ecclus., Tobit, Judith,
I, 3 Mace.
The text of the books follows : 4
Genesis — 2 Chron.
Esdras, Neemias.
3 Esdras (=1 l-'sdras of Apocrypha, otherwise called 3 Esdras).
3 Esdras (= 3 Esdras of Apocrypha, commonly called 4 Esdras chaps, i, ii).
4 Esdras (=4 Esdras chaps, iii-xiv).
') Esdras (= 4 iCsdras chaps, xv, xvi).
Tobit, Judith i-v. 7 Hie primus in me (sopotamia).
(Esther and Psalms wanting, and also the first words of the prologue to Proverbs.)
Proverbs-Ecclus. oratio Salomonis. 14*
Isaiah-Malachi (including Lamentations, Baruch, and Epistle of Jeremy).
1, 3 Maccabees (with prologues of Rabanus).
Gospels, Pauline Epistles, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse.
Prayer of Manasses in another hand. 3^°^
The Prologues, after those at the beginning, are as follows :
(l>) Amos
Joshua.
Tandem finito.
Amos.
I.
Amos pastor.
I Reg.
Viginti et duo.
2.
Ozias rex.
1 Par.
Si septuaginta.
3-
Hie amos.
3 Par.
Eusebius ieronimus.
4-
(a) Amos pastor (as above) ;
Esdr.
Utrum difficilius.
interpretatur.
Tob.
Cromatio.
Abd.
Abdias interpretatur.
Jud.
Apud hebreos.
Jon.
1.
Jonas columba pulcherrima.
Parab.
I. (Jungat epistola.)
2.
Jonam sanctum.
3. Tres libros salomonis-
-Et idcirco
3-
Jona columba et dolens.
qui legis semper peiegri
ini memento.
Mic.
1.
Michas de morasti.
Eccl.
Memini me.
2.
Temporibus ioathe.
Sap.
Liber sapientie.
Nah.
I.
(N)aum consolator.
Proph.
Legi mosaice.
3.
Naum prophetam.
Isa.
I. Nemo cum prophetas.
Hab.
I.
Abbacuc luctator.
3. Isayas iherusalem nobilis.
3.
Abbacuc complexans.
ler.
Baruch.
1. leremias propheta.
2. leremias amathothites.
Liber iste qui.
Ezechiel propheta.
Zeph.
3-
1.
Quatuor prophete.
Sophonias speculator.
Ezek.
3.
Tradunt hebrei.
Dan.
Danielem prophetam.
Hag.
1.
Aggeus festus (festinus).
Hos.
I. Non idem ordo.
3.
Jeremias propheta.
3. Temporibus ozie.
Zech.
I.
Zacharias memor.
loel.
I. lohel filius.
•
3.
Secundo anno.
2. lohel qui interpretatur.
Mai.
1.
Malachias latine.
3. lohel de tribu.
3.
Malachias in fine.
4. Sanctus iohel apud.
I.
Deus per moysen.
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47
2 Cor.
1.
Post actam.
■2.
Apostolo rccedente.
Gal.
Primo querendum.
Eph.
Ephesus ciuitas.
Phil.
Philippenses sunt.
Col.
I,
Colosenses et hii.
2.
Colosenscs sunt.
I Thcss.
I.
Thessalonicenses sunt.
2.
Macedonia prouincia.
2 Thess.
I.
Ad thess. secundam.
2.
Thessalonicenses accipientes.
I Tim.
Timotheus fuit filius.
2 Tim.
Secundam Ep. Tymotheo.
• Tit.
Transiens apostolus a creta.
Philcm.
Beato apostolo predicatione.
Heb.
I.
In primordiis huius epistole.
2.
In primis dicendum est.
Act.
Lucas nationc syrus.
Cath.Epp.
Non ita ordo.
Apoc.
lohannes apostolus et euangelista.
I Mace. I. Machabeorum libri.
2. (Rabani) Domino excel lent issimo.
3. ( „ ) Reuerentissimo.
Evv. I. Beato pape Damaso.
2. Sciendum etiam.
3. Plures fuissc.
4. Eusebius Carpiano.
Mt. I. Matheus cum primo.
2. Matheus ex iudea.
Mc. Marcus [et] euangelista dei.
Lc. Lucas syrus.
Jo. Hie est iohanncs.
Rbm. I. I-ipistole pauli.
2. Omnis textus.
3. Primum queritur.
4. Romani sunt ex iudeis.
5. Romani sunt.
6. Ab athenis ciuitate.
7. Epistole dicuntur supermisse.
I Cor. t. Precepto domini.
2. Corinthii sunt
It would be difficult to find a more perfect specimen of the small Bibles of the thirteenth century than this
volume. The ornament is quite admirable : the gold exceedingly bright and copious, the figure-drawing, if
a little more archaic than one would have expected, very stately. The condition throughout excellent. The
subjects of the historiated initials are these :
I. Prologue (i) Jerome, nimbed and bearded, seated at desk with book and knife.
a. „ (2) Jerome, nimbed and beardless, gives a book to Damasus in chasuble and mitre with
crozier.
Verses of Theodulf. Decorative Q the length of the page.
3. Genesis. I, the length of the page, containing seven quatrefoils on gold ground.
(a) Christ holding sun and moon, land on L., water with fish on R.
(A) Christ, facing L., between trees.
(c) Christ : birds on L., beasts on K.
(d) Christ creates Adam.
(e) Christ creates P've.
(/) The Fall ; Adam on I.. The serpent has legs but no human head.
(^) Expulsion. Angel on L.
Below this on gold ground are two praying figures of a woman (on L.) and a man, both in blue and red :
probably the donors of the book.
4. Exod. Moses, with rod and tables of Law, precedes a group of Jews.
5. Lev. Christ. Moses on R. addresses Him.
6. Num. Christ gives a booK to Moses.
7. Dent. Above, Moses with tables addresses three Jews : below, four Jews stand over a bed on which
Moses lies dead.
8. Prol, to Jos. Jerome, tiot nimbed, writing.
9. Jos. Above, six kings on horses ride to R. Below, four men stone Achan (in c), who holds a gold bar.
10. Jud. Above, four Jews kneel facing L. in a temple. Angel above (Jud. ii) : below, five mailed men
ride to L.
II. Ruth. Three figu-es one above another, the lowest a woman (Naomi or Ruth), the two uppermost
men, Elimelech and Mahlon or Chilion.
13. Prol, to Kings, .'.erome writing : above, a pile of books.
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13. I l^cg. Above, Samuel anointing Saul or David, who is crowned : below, David with stone in sling :
Goliath mailed, with spear, the stone in air about to strike him.
14. 2 Reg. Above, David throned, weeping. The Amalekite points downwards to the corpses of Saul
and Jonathan lying below, unarmed.
15. 3 Reg. Below, two men leading Abishag in blue. Above, she is presented to David seated on R.
16. 4 Reg. Above, Ahaziah in bed, l^lijah speaking to him. Below, Elijah in car drawn by two horses :
Elisha crouches and catches his cloak.
1 7. Frol. to Chron. Above, the two bishops, Chromatius and Heliodorus, holding a book. Below, a king
(Ptolemy) seated in c. Six men kneel to him (the Septuagint translators?).
iH. I Par. Above, Adam between two trees. Below, two rows of half-length figures.
19. 2 Par. Solomon and his queen, standing crowned.
20. Prol. to Esdr. Tonsured figure at desk with book : three listeners on L.
31. I Esdr. Two figures of men, one above the other.
Necm. and 3 Esdr. have decorative initials.
22. 3 Esdr. (a) Esdras sitting up in bed. (d) The Lion and the l^aglc of his vision, (c) Angel on L.
I'-sdras in white, with book, on R.
4 Esdr. Small blue initial. 5 Esdr. Decorative.
23. T06. Tobit in bed : a bird in air above.
24. J^ud. Judith beheads Holofernes in bed : one of her hands is on his crown.
2.5. Prov. Two kings.
26. Eccl. Scribe at desk.
27. Cant. Bridegroom and bride, both crowned, embrace.
28. Sap. A hooded man in a chair, head on hand.
29. Ecclns. Tonsured man in a chair : two listeners on R.
30. Prol. to Isa. Jerome writing (small).
31. Isa. The Nativity : Isaiah at the Virgin's feet, with book.
32. Jcr. Large. An angel in air touches the lips of Jeremiah. On R. is a blue vase and a red flame,
also a coloured plant. These are the iiirga iiigilafis and olla succensa of ch. ii.
Lam. Small initial. Bariich. Decorative.
33. Prol. to Esck. The four Evangelistic emblems. Winged man and eagle above.
34. Ezck. (a) Ezekiel sits looking at water on L. (Chcbar). Angel comes from R. (d) City gate on L.
Ezekiel looks back to it. Angel flies down on R.
35. Ban. (a) Christ with book, blessing, in a tower-like building (the furnace), the three children, two
on L. one on R. (d) Nebuchadnezzar seated : Daniel speaks to him : below, three beasts among trees.
^6. Hos. Christ speaks to Hosea.
37. Joel. Addresses three Jews.
38. Amos. Kneels to Christ standing by an altar.
39. Obadiah. Speaks to Ahab throned on L.
40. Jonah, (a) Standing. {l>) Cast up by fish, and catching at a iree.
41. Micah. Addresses three men. Angel above.
42. Nahitrn. Bows before Christ, who stands on a rock on R.
43. yd Prol. to Habakknk. Man writing at desk.
44. Habakknk. The prophet on L. In c. Christ crucified. Title on cross, sun and moon above. An
angel in cloud on R. swinging a censer.
45. Zephaniah. The prophet on L. Christ in blue robe with wounds in hands and feet, standing on
a battlemented roof supported by arches. Illustrates Zeph. i. 9 ' visitabo . . . super limen '.
46. Haggai. Two figures of men, one above the other.
47. Zechariah. The length of the page. Three single figures of men unds'r canopies. The uppermost
is tonsured and holds a book.
48. Malachi. Receives a book from an angel who grasps his hand.
49. ind Prol. to Mace. Man writing at desk.
BIBLIA 49
50. I Mace, {a) Four crowned men (Alexander's successors) with swords kneel to Alexander seated on
R. {f>) Two crowned men in mail on horseback. The one on R. falls pierced by the other's spear.
a Mace. Decorative.
51. Matt. Jesse sleeping: above him the Virgin crowned: three half-length figures in foliage-work (not
a r^fular Jesse-tree).
Mark. Decorative.
5a. Luke. Angel over altar, on which is chalice, touches the mouth of Zacharias kneeling, in temple. A
spectator under arch on R.
53. Prol. to John. On L. trees, above them an eagle looking at rays from cloud above. On R., above,
a seated female, below, a seated man.
John. Decorative.
54, yd Prol. to Rom. Man writing : books above.
55: Rom. Paul, with staff, addresses men on R.
56. I Cor. Sosthenes (?) and Paul, nimbed, with boqks.
57. a Cor. Paul gives a letter to a messenger : rubbed.
58. Gal. Paul with book : men on R. and L.
59. Eph. Christ seated, with book : Paul kneels to Him on R.
60. Phil. Paul writing in a building.
61. Col. Tonsured man with book talks to Paul.
63. I Thess. Paul in C. with book. A seated man on each side with open book.
a Thess. Decorative.
6y I Tim. Paul speaks to Timothy, a bishop in chasuble with mitre and crozier.
a Tim. Decorative.
64. Titus. Paul with book : Titus, tonsured, kneels to him.
Philem. Decorative.
66. Heb. On L. Luke sits at desk with pen and knife : eagle in cloud above. On R. the Virgin and
Child seated, face L. ; angel in cloud above.
67. Acts. The Virgin, Peter, Paul, and two other apostles: the feet of Christ in a cloud above. Rubbed.
68. Janus. Tonsured man with book : seated woman (?) in blue on R. with book.
69. I Peter. Peter, with key, addresses an audience on R.
3 Peter. Decorative.
70. I Joh. John, bearded, addresses men on R.
*» 3 y^^- Decorative.
71. Jude. Three single figures: one writing at desk, another with book.
73. Prol. to Apoc. (i) Eagle with scroll.
(a) Man writing at desk.
74. Apoc. John writing at desk : trees R. and u : eagle's head in cloud.
After the Apocalypse is a blank leaf. Then follow the
Interpretationcs Nominum (Aax-Zuzim) in a different hand from the text.
Then, in other hands, a series of notes :
(fl) Miracles of our Lord, 395^
(*) De monacho symoniaco sentencia m'* Thome de Alztno (Aquino),
(f) De bigamia, yf'.
(</) List of books of the Bible, 396^ Another on 397''.
(e) On the Twelve precious stones, beginning on 398'' and ending on 398V
(/) Lcuer matin et peure (?) esbatemcnt,
Entendre au sien et viure justement,
Mengier petit et boire sobrement.
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50 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
18. ARBOR CARITATIS ET MISERICORDIAE.
A vellum roll mounted on cloth. The breadth of the vellum is about 2 ft. 9I in., and
the inscribed portion is about 21 ft. in length. It is of cent, xiv late, and of German work.
It has suffered rather considerable mutilations. Nine membranes out of probabh' twelve
or thirteen are fairly complete.
The subject is the Tree of Salvation, and the sequence runs from bottom to top of
the Tree.
At the bottom is a text of 39 long lines. This is held by a half-length figure of a bishop (at top in c).
On L. of this figure is a shield : gules two keys in saltire sable (originally probably argent). On R. is another
shield : azure a star of eight points or. More than one German see has arms similar to the first: e.g. Minden.
The text, much of which is very hard to read, begins : ' Ad euidenciam huius arboris et eorum que in ea
continentur sciendum est quod ideo hec arbor fuit inventa ut per picturas et scripturas que in ipsa sibi
inuicem miro ordine correspondent daretur intelligi consonantia noui ct uetcris testamenti. . . , Vocatur autem
arbor caritatis et misericordie. . . .' The order of procedure is then given. It begins at the bottom, reading
from L. to R. along each of the branches ' qui sunt numero xlviij '. The arrangement of the types, antitypes,
and inscriptions is set forth. In the central trunk is the genealogy of Christ. The divergences from the
normal plan which are found at the top and bottom of the tree are described at great length, and it is said
' in medio contra {or iuxta) stipitem auctor se ipsum depinxit in forma et habitu episcopi ut ipse est '.
From this text it also appears that at the top, the two topmost angels, the Trinity, the rows of cherubim
and seraphim, each count as branches. The last-named is described as the third branch. The author ends
with a prayer that he may ascend all the branches of the tree and rest at the summit and be rewarded ' in qua
pro mercede operis et picture atque scripture recipiat Ihesum Christum et eterne glorie requiem, quam sibi et
fidelibus suis omnibus concedere dignetur, &c.'
Next above this text is a poem written in red and black on a long label held by two angels at the ends. It
begins : — ' Pange lingua gloriose. arboris misterium. que de iesse generose. radice principium. sumens pandit
fructuose. david regis filium.
De parentis prothoplausti. reatu compatiens. culpam tollit eius hausti. uerbum caro prodiens. noui
libat holocausti. sacramenta moriens.'
Above this is a band of brown ground. In c. the tree rises. At its foot kneels the author in bishop's habit,
with label in red and black, the inscription on which does not, so far as I can see, give his name. It begins :
' lesu Christe redemptor. uirge iesse florentis lilium ', &c.
On the extreme L. and R. stand two figures with labels : Dominic on L., Bernard on R.
On the nearer L. and R. kneel eight figures : those on L. (reading from L.) are : Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
David.
Those on R. (reading from R.) are : Ezekiel, Daniel, Job (with spots on him), Solomon.
All hold prophecies.
These kneeling figures are separated by eight ' pullulae ', large leaves growing out of the ground, inscribed
with the mysteries of our Lord's life : i Incarnationis . . ., 2 Natiuitatis claritas, 3 Pueritie sanctitas, 4 illegible,
5 the Passion, 6 the Resurrection, 7 the Ascension, 8 Pentecost.
Above these are eight half-length figures with labels : viz. on L. the four Latin doctors (from L.) —
Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Gregory ; on R. the four Greek doctors (from L.) — Gregory Nazianzen,
Chrysostom, Athanasius, Basil.
The Central Stem of the Tree contains a series of half-length figures, holding scrolls, viz. (from the bottom) :
an Angel, Abraam, Ysaac, lacob, ludas, Phares, Esrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naason, Salmon, Booz, Obeth, Iesse,
David, Salomon, Roboam, Abias, [gap], Achaz, Ezechias,[gap], Am(on),[gap],Ieco(nias),Sala(thiel),Zo(robabel),
Abiud, [The Crucifixion], Eliachim, Azor, Sadoch, Achim, [gap], Eliezer, Mathan, lacob, loseph (with lily),
the Virgin and Christ together.
• Each of the Ancestors has a scroll, with an interpretation of his name and an illustrative text.
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Old.
The Branches. The normal arrangement is this :
A-D are medallions with subjects : B, c being antitypes from the New Testament, A, \> types from the
E-M are half-length figures of prophets, apostles, &c., bearing illustrative texts.
N-<,i. The ends of the branches are O and Q, pink calyces or flowers bearing N and P, which are fruits.
The flowers are inscribed with names of abstract qualities, virtues, &c. The fruits have illustrative Biblical
texts.
K-U arc inscriptions on the branches. R, T are in red and are rhythmical invocations of Christ appro-
priate to the subjects represented in A-D. s, u are titles of the Ystoria (antitype) and Figura (type).
V is the Ancestor in the stem of the Tree.
The top of the Tree ha.s a different arrangement, which will be set forth in due time. Of the ordinary
branches (as shown in the above diagram) there now remain :
1-18. Intact.
19-23. Mutilated.
24, 25. Conjecturally restored.
26-30. Mutilated.
31-43. Practically intact.
(44-47 depart from the ordinary arrangement.)
I do not propose to transcribe the text of the roll. The chief interest lies in the pictured medallions.
These I shall enumerate, taking each branch from L. to R. up the Tree, and designating the medallions by the
letters A, B, c, D. I add the Ancestor or other figure in the central stem.
Angel.
A. God shows Moses the Heavenly Tabernacle.
B. The Angel appears to Joachim among the
shepherds,
c. The Birth of the Vii^in.
D. Mordecai's vision of a Fountain and the Sun.
Abraham.
A. ICsther (and other maidens) presented to
Ahasuerus.
B. Presentation of the Virgin.
C. The Virgin betrothed to Joseph.
D. Abishag brought to David, who is in bed.
Isaac.
A. Angel appears, in fire on an altar, to Manoah
and his wife.
U. Angel and Zacharias.
C. The Annunciation.
D. The Burning Bush.
4. Jacob.
A. Hannah (before Eli) sings her song of praise.
B. The Visitation.
C. Birth of John Baptist,
o. Birth of Isaac.
5. Judah.
A. Raphael counsels Tobias to marry Sara.
B. Angel bids Joseph take Mary (she sits on L. :
the Dove descends).
C. The Nativity: ox and ass. Angels above.
D. Ezekiel sees the closed door and God coming
out of it, bearing a lily.
6. Phares.
A. Jacob's ladder.
B. Angels and shepherds.
C. Christ laid in the manger : shepherds adore.
D. Moses found in the ark of rushes.
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7. Esrom.
A. Pillar of fire leads Israel.
B. Star leads the Magi.
C. Circumcision of Christ.
D. Pharaoh calls Joseph Saluator Mundi,
8. Aram.
A. The Queen of Sheba and Solomon.
B. Adoration of the Magi.
C. Presentation of Christ.
D. Samuel brought to Eli.
9. Aminadab.
A. Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the Image.
B. The Egyptian Idols fall.
C. Massacre of the Innocents.
D. Pharaoh drowns the Hebrew children.
10. Naasson.
A. Crossing of the Red Sea.
B. Return from Egypt,
c. Jesus in the Temple.
D. The young Solomon, throned, judging.
11. Salmon.
A. The Paschal Lamb slain, the lintels marked.
The destroying Angel in the air.
. B. John Baptist says Ecce Agnus dei.
c. Baptism of Christ.
D. The Ark crossing Jordan.
la. Booz.
A. Raphael binds Asmodeus, a black devil.
B. The three temptations of Christ.
C. Angels minister to Him at table: the devil
below.
D. Angel brings bread to Elijah sleeping.
13. Obeth.
A. Ezra reads the Law.
B. Christ reads in the Synagogue.
C. He calls Peter, Andrew, &c.
D. Elijah calls Elisha, who is ploughing.
14. Jesse.
A. The Feast of Ahasuerus.
B. The Marriage at Cana.
c. Jesus and the Woman of Samaria at the well.
D. Rebekah gives drink to Eliezer.
15. David.
A. The giving of the Law.
B. The Sermon on the Mount.
C. The Leper healed.
D. Naaman and Elisha.
16. Salomon.
A. Tobias catches the fish.
B. The miraculous draught.
C. The nobleman's son healed.
D. Hezekiah healed : sun and sundial above.
17. Roboam.
A. Elisha casts salt into the wells at Jericho.
B. Jesus heals sick and casts out devils.
C. Jairus' daughter raised.
D. Elijah raises the widow's son.
18. Abias.
A. Abigail meets David and kneels to him.
B. Magdalene washes Christ's feet.
C. Picture gone. The choosing of the Twelve.
D. The spies return to Moses.
19 (Asa: gone).
A. Gone.
B.
C. Christ at Bethany with Martha and Mary.
D. Jacob with Leah and Rachel.
20 (Josaphat).
A.
B.
c. The call of the seventy-two disciples.
D. Moses appoints seventy elders.
21 (Joram).
A.
B.
C. Peter walks on the sea.
D. The dove returns to the Ark.
22 (Ozias).
A. Picture gone. Pharaoh gives his ring to Joseph.
B. Picture gone. Christ gives the keys to Peter.
C.
D.
23 (Joatham).
A. The two Elders before Daniel.
B. The woman taken in adultery.
c.
D.
24. Achaz.
A. David driven from Jerusalem.
B. The Jews seek to stone Jesus,
c. The Raising of^
Lazarus.
D. The Shunammite's
son raised.
A detached fragment,
probably to be placed
here.
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53
45. Ezechias.
A. David returns to Jerusalem with honour.
B. The Entry into Jerusalem,
c. The Cleansing of thc\
Temple.
E. The prophet prophesy- 1 A detached fragment,
ingagainstjeroboam'sl probably to be placed
altar, or more proba- here,
bly Josiah destroying .
idols. j
26 (Manasses).
A. .Picture gone. Joseph sold.
IJ. Judas takes the money from the priests.
c
D.
27. Amon.
.\. Picture gone : inscription refers to Gen. xvii.
The covenant of God with Abraham ? One
would expect Melchizedek, Gen. xiv.
B. The Last Supper.
C.
D.
At this point has been wrongly placed a circular fra^ent. which really formed the top of the Tree. It
will be described in its proper place.
A considerable portion of the R. side of the Tree has gone at this point.
a8 (Josias).
A. Samson betrayed to the Philistines (muti-
lated).
B. The Betrayal of Christ.
c.
n.
39. Jeconias.
A. Nat>oth and the false witnesses.
B. Jesus before the High Priest, who rends his
clothes.
c
D.
30. Salathicl.
A. David in crown and rags feigns himself mad
B.
before Achish.
Christ before Herod.
c.
1).
31. Zorobabel.
.\. Job, his wife, and his friends.
B. Christ mocked.
c. Bearing the Cross.
u. Isaac carries the wood, and Abraham the
sword.
3a has four types of the Crucifixion.
3a. Abiud.
A. The Creation of Eve.
It. The death of Abel. He is slain with a mattock :
God above.
C. The Sacrifice of Isaac,
n. The Brazen Serpent.
Here intervenes a composition illustrating the Crucifixion, which extends across the whole breadth of the
roll:
33. At the extreme ends are the Evangelistic emblems.
In C. Christ on the Cross. The Pelican above.
The Temple with rending veil, and rocks (to represent
the earthquake) below.
This central portion is mutilated, but on the
immediate L. of the Cross is a half-length figure of the
Church with banner, and, below, part of a figure (Adam)
rising from a tomb.
On R. the Synagogue (almost gone), and, below,
a sword issuing from the Cross and threatening a figure
who stands by a fire (probably a Jewish priest at the
alUr).
The other groups are
L.
A. Apostles watching,
B. The Virgin swooning, and women. The Good
Thief: his legs are broken : an angel takes
his soul.
C. Longinus, nimbed, on horseback, and soldiers.
R.
I). The man with the sponge, and soldiers,
E, Soldiers casting lots. The Bad Thief:
his
legs are being broken with clubs : a devil
takes his soul.
K. The Centurion, nimbed, on horseback, and
soldiers.
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WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
34. The Crucifixion occupies the place of the Ancestor. 41. Mathan.
A. Joseph's coat shown to Jacob.
B. The Deposition,
c. The Entombment.
D. Isaac buries Abraham.
35. Eliacjm.
A. Samson and the gates of Gaza.
B. The Harrowing of Hell,
c. The Resurrection.
D. Jonah cast up by the fish. God above.
36. Azor.
A. The dead man raised by Elisha's bones.
B. Saints rise with Christ,
c. Christ appears to the Virgin (a book on her
desk inscribed ave maria).
D. Elijah restores her son to the widow.
A. Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
B. The Election of Matthias : he kneels with
Barsabas.
C. Pentecost.
D. The giving of the Law. ».
43. Jacob.
A. Jairus' daughter raised.
B. The Virgin dead : Christ takes her soul,
C. The Last Judgment.
D. The Judgment of Solomon.
43. Joseph.
A. Bathsheba throned beside Solomon.
B. Coronation of the Virgin: angels blow trumpets,
c. Christ sets the sun, moon, and stars in a blue
globe : angels look on.
D. The Lamb on Mount Sion.
37. Sadoch.
A. The angel appears at Bochim (' locus flentium ' : 44 The Virgin and Christ. Eight medallions, each
Judges ii).
B. The Angel and the women.
C. Noli me tangere. Christ as gardener, with
short tunic and mattock : angels at the tomb
in the background.
D. The Shunammite at Elisha's feet.
38. {Eli)achim.
A. Job restored : his friends bring gifts.
B. Christ appears to the three women.
C. Christ appears to Peter : Judas hangs on a
tree on R.
D. The Butler gives Pharaoh the cup; the Baker
on a cross on R. eaten by birds.
39 (Eliud).
A (mutilated). Ahimelech gives the shewbread to
David.
B. The Supper at Emmaus.
C. The Incredulity of Thomas.
D. Joseph embraced by Benjamin.
40. Eleazar.
A. The sons of the prophets adore Elisha.
B. Christ appears in Galilee,
c. The Ascension.
D. Elijah translated.
containing a crowd of figures :
A. Ordo virginum, in white, mainly : Katherinc,
Agnes (with lamb), Helena, two with cups
(Magdalene and Barbara), one with flag.
B. Ordo confessoruvi, in dark red : Archbishops,
Bishops, &c.
C. Ordo niartiruni, in bright red : Stephen, Lau-
rence, Cosmas, and Damian.
D. Ordo apostolorum, in blue : Peter in tiara.
E. Ordo patriarcharum, in pink.
1". Ordo prophetarum, in pink : some have their
names on scrolls, e. g. Salomon.
G. Ordo anachoretarum, in black, blue, white, &c.
H. Ordo eleciorum, in various colours.
45. Seven medallions, of which only the lower parts
are left. Each has contained an Order of Angels.
^ A. Powers ? in red, with black devils chained.
B. Archangels ? in pink.
c. Dominations ? in pink.
D (centre). Thrones, in blue.
E. Principatus, in pink, with swords.
F. Virtues, in blue, with balances.
G. Angels, in white.
Here should follow the circular fragment mentioned
above. It contains
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55
46. Three medallions, of which A and c complete the
set of nine orders of angels.
A. Ordo serap/iyn, in red : six winged.
B. Coronation of the Virgin : angels surrounding,
c. Ordo cherubyu^ in blue : six winged.
Also fragments and titles of medallions C, D, E in
no. 45.
47. A single medallion of larger size :
The Trinity, three Persons in human form ; throned,
holding labels :
I.. The Son : Domitius dixit ad me, filius mens
. es tu.
c. The Father : Ipse inuocauit me,patir vieiis es Ik.
R, The Spirit : Effiindam spirituin meuni sttper
ontnem cariiem.
Behind is a blue starred sphere : anc>els surround it,
playing musical instruments.
Busts of prophets and angels, holding labels, fill the
exterior space.
48. Above the medallion of the Trinity is a central
flower and fru'.t, supported by two angels :
A. Omnia bona in eternitatis gloria duplicata.
It. Desidcrium iustorum omnc bonum est, quasi
uirens folium gcrminabit fructus iusti lignum uite.
Prou. 1 1" cap.
I append a diagram of the whole Tree, showing what portions are wanting : I enumerate only the N. T.
events.
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WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Angel
48
47
Seraphim 46
45
Orders of Saints
Coronation of Virgin
Death of Virgin
Election of Matthias
Appearance in Galilee
Emmaus
Appearance to Maries
Angel and women
Saints rise
Harrowing of Hell
Deposition
Types of Crucifixion
The mocking
Christ before Herod
before Annas
Betrayal
Last Supper
Judas receives money
Entry
Jesus stoned
Woman taken in adultery
Keys given to Peter
Magdalene washes His feet
Healing sick
Miraculous draught
Sermon on the Mount
Cana
Christ in the Synagogue
Temptation
Ecce agnus dei
Return from Egypt
Idols fall
Adoration of Magi
Magi and star
Angel and shepherds
Angel and Joseph
Visitation
Zacharias and angel
Presentation of Virgin
Angel and Joachim
Fruit Angel
Flower
Trinity
Coronation Cherubim
Seven orders of Angels
44
43
42
41
40
39
3«
37
3^
35
34
33 s
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
la
II
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Virgin and
Christ
Joseph
Jacob
Mathan
Eleazar
(Eliud)
Achim
Sadoch
Azor
Eliachim
Crucifixion
Dominic
Four Latin doctors
Four prophets
Abiud
Zorobabel
Salathiel
Jeconias
(Josias)
Amon
(Manasses)
Ezechias
Achaz
(Joatham)
(Ozias)
(Joram)
(Josaphat)
(Asa)
Abias
Roboam-
Salomon
David
Jesse
Obeth
Booz
Salmon
Naason
Aminadab
Aram
Esrom
Pharos
Judas
Jacob
Isaac
Abraham
Angel
Bishop at
root of tree
Text
i/
Orders of Saints
Creation of Stars
Last Judgment
Pentecost
Ascension
Incredulity of Thomas
Appearance to Peter
Noli me tangere
Appearance to the Virgin
Resurrection
Entombment
Types of Crucifixion
Bearing the Cross
Cleansing the Temple
Raising of Lazarus
Peter walks on the sea
The seventy-two disciples
Bethany
The Twelve chosen
Jairus' daughter
Nobleman's son healed
Leper healed
Woman of Samaria
Call of Peter
Angels minister
Baptism
Christ and the Doctors
Massacre of Innocents
Presentation
Circumcision
Shepherds adore
Nativity
Birth of John
Annunciation
Betrothal
Birth of Virgin
Four Greek doctors
Four prophets
Bernard
The arrangement of the fragmentary portions of the Tree is dictated by the order of Ancestors in the
genealogy. The genealogy selected is that 9f Matt. i.
The missing subjects probably included the following :
Branch 19. Feeding of the 5,000.
ao. The raising of the widow's son at Nain.
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21. The Transfiguration.
26. The Greeks coming to Jesus or Christ on the Mount of OhVes.
27. The Washing of Feet or the Agony,
as. The Denial of Peter.
29. Christ before Pilate.
30. The Scourging or Ecce Homo.
For Branches 22, 23 I have no suggestion.
The selection of types is interesting.
19. APOCALYPSE.
#
Vellum, 10^ X 8 in., ff. 24 ; pictures only, inscribed with legends. Cent, xiv (first third),
apparently' executed in Northern France.
Book-plate of Ambroise Firmin Didot.
Vellum binding, with gold tooling of cent, xviii.
At top of fol. I is an erased inscription (probably in an Knglish hand) : top line gone : ' ex relictis sibi
a patre sue s///*" charo desiderato 1 cas A° 1509 in die translacionis beati thome.'
Collation. i*-3*.
The following account by M. Delislc, which I extract from L' Apocalypse enfrangais au XIll* siicle (Soc.
dts Anc. TtxUs fran(ais, 1901, p. Ixxvii), serves to ' place ' the manuscript better than anything I could write
myself :
Manuscrit tie M. Ic comte de Crawford.
II faut rattacher au mtlmc groupe un manuscrit du XIV* siecle, venu, selon toutc apparence, du nord de la
France, qui, apres avoir appartenu a Van Hulthem et a M. Didot (n" 12 de la vente de 1879) fait aujourd'hui
partie de la riche bibliothcque de lord Crawford. Ce g^nc^reux bibliophile a bien voulu me I'envoyer en
communication a la Bibliothcque nationalc.
Le manuscrit du comte de Crawford consiste en 24 feuillets (0,262x0,204); il renferme les Figures de
I'Apocalypse, disposdes dans le meme ordre ct accompagnces des mcmes l^gcndes explicatives que sur les
pages du manuscrit d'Oxford ct du manuscrit du vicomte Blin de Bourdon. L'identite se constate jusque
dans les details les plus secondares, jusque dans les accessoires les plus insignifiants.
Les peintures, qui ne sont pas toutes de la mcme main, se rapprochcnt comme dessin et comme coloris
de celles des trois manuscrits qui viennent d'«itre passes en revue. On pent s'en faire une idde en recourant au
m^moire public en 1870 par M. Didot sous ce titre: Dts Apocalypses figurdcs manuscrites et xylographiques
(Paris, 1870, in-S" de 79 p.). L'auteur y a d<l'crit les quatrc-vingt-seize tableaux qui couvrent les 48 pages du
manuscrit et les a soigneusement compardes avec les gravures correspondantes des editions xylographiques.
Deux des peintures du manuscrit : la 39* (dragon voulant devorer I'enfant de la Vierge) et la 42* (Satan
prccipit^ dans les entrailles de la terre) ont etd reproduites dans le Catalogue illustr^ des livres pr^cieux dc
M. Didot, vendus au mois de mai 1879.
This is one of four manuscripts which constitute the ' first family ' of illustrated Apocalypses in M. Delisle's
classification : the other three being (i) MS. Fr. 403, Paris Bibl. Nat.; (2) Bodley Auct. D. 4. 17, reproduced
by H. O. Coxe for the Roxburghc Club in 1876 ; (3) a manuscript owned by M. le Vicomte Blin de Bourdon,
of which two pages are reproduced by MM. Delisle and Meyer as plates ii and iii of the appendix to their
reproduction of the Paris MS. Fr. 403. This first family is distinguished from others by its inclusion of
a series of subjects from the life of St. John at the beginning and end of the Apocalypse, and of two pictures
illustrating the miracles and triumphs of Antichrist.
The resemblance between our manuscript and that in the Bodleian extends, as M. Delisle says, to the
most minute details, e.g. the armorial bearings emblazoned on flags, shields, &c The number of figures in the
I
58 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
groups is uniformly identical in both. The chief differences appear in the treatment of armour and of archi-
tecture : in these two respects the artist has introduced the styles of his own day.
The execution is very beautiful : no gold occurs : pale purples, reds, and greens are the prevailing colours :
faces are softly drawn and stippled. The grounds are left plain throughout. I do not find it possible to
distinguish the work of the different artists to whom M. Delisle refers. The writing of the legends, in red and
black, seems to be all by one hand.
I do not think anything would be gained by giving in this place a detailed description of the pictures :
such an one is given by M. Didot in the pamphlet named by M. Delisle, and, moreover, the facsimile of the
Bodleian MS. gives a complete key, except in the case of one leaf (here reproduced), to the composition. The
legends, which are identical in three manuscripts (Bodley, Blin de Bourdon, and Rylands), are given by
M. Delisle in cxtenso. The leaf wanting in the Bodleian MS. is represented by f. 18 of our MS. The
association of the name of Van Eyck with the book is quite without reason.
20. HORAE AND PSALTER (SARUM).
Vellum, 8| x 6|- in., fif. 226, double columns of 24 lines. Cent, xv, written in the Low
Countries for English use, and profusely ornamented.
Red morocco binding, with gold tooling of cent, xviii.
On a fly-leaf, of which only a slip remains, is part of a name in two lines.
Ran /Hoi. (? Randle Holmes.)
On another fly-leaf is: George Hutchinson, cent, xix early?, and on f i C. B.
Hutchinson, 1799.
■ Collation, i^ 2* 3" (?) 4' 5' (+ 1) 6^ 7' (+ 2) 8^ (+ 1) 9* (+ 1) io« (+1) 118(8 cane.) 12* (i cane.) 13^ 1410
(9. locanc?) 158 (+1) i62 ( + 1) 17^ (+1) 18° 19* (+1) ao^ (+1) 2i« 22* (+1) 23' (+1) 24' 25^ (+1) 268
( + 1) 27* 28* (+1) 29" 30' (+1) 31^ (+0 32^-36* 37 (three). The added leaves are the full-page pictures.
The collation of quires 2-10, or thereabouts, is uncertain and puzzling, owing to the number of these added
leaves.
Cofitents:
kalendar, in red and black I
Prayers and Memoriae, viz. :
Guardian angel 14
Mass of St. Gregory (rubric of Indulgence) 16
Paternoster Ave Credo in later hand ^ 17
Morning prayer. Mane cum surrexero 18
Fifteen Oos in Latin aa
De S. Trinitate. Domine deus omnipotens pater et filius et sp. s. 34
Libera me domine 36
De S. Johanne Baptista. Gaude iohannes baptista qui in maternali cista 38
De S. Joh. Ewangelista. Gaude pater uia morum 4a
De S. Georgio. Georgi martir indite 46
De S. Xpristoforo. O sancte Christofore martir 50
De S. Thoma cantuariensis (!). Gaude lux Londoniarum 54
De S. Anthonio. Uox de cclo anthonio 58
De S. Maria Magdalena. Gaude pia magdalena 6a
De S. Katherina virg. et martin's (!). ■ Gaude uirgo Katherina 66
De S. Margareta. Gaude uirgo gloriosa 7°
De S. Barbara. Gaude barbara regina 74
De S. Wilgeforte. Aue gemma uertuosa/Wilgefortis uernans rosa 78
HORAE AND PSALTER (SARUM) 59
Inc. hore b. Marie uirginis secundum usum anglie (Sarum use), with the Hours of the Cross 83
Septem gaudia b. Marie uirginis 154
Gaude flore uirginali.
Quinque gaudia b. M. V. Gaude uii^o mater christi 157
Salue regina, farced 15^
Has uideas laudes qui sacra uirgine gaudes, etc.
Salue. Salue uirgo uirginum stella matutina.
O intemerata, 164. Obsecro te, 166.
Seven days. Rubric. Quicumque hec septem gaudia, etc. 170
Uirgo templum trinitatis.
Deprecor te sanctissima I73
Prayers before the Crucifix. Omnibus consideratis, and prayers following 174
Oratio Bede de septem uerbis 178
Prayer. Precor te piissimc • 1 80
Salutations and prayers to the Sacrament of the Altar 181
Sequences of the Gospels 185
Lctanie b. Marie uirginis 189
Prayer. Omnipotcns sempiteme deus rex regum 193
Seven Psalms and Litany 196
Vigilie mortuorum aao
Commendationes animarum (titles of Psalms only are given) 25*
Psalterium de passione (titles of Psalms only are given) ^$6
The Psalter, with titles : the first is : - a6o
Hunc psalterium fecit Esdras quando renouabat legem domini combustum (!). In primo nocturno.
The sections of Ps. cxviii (cxix) arc numbered as separate Psalms, making the whole number of the
Psalms 171.
The Cantica, numbered 173 to 183 and ending with Quicumque uult, begin on p. 527 and end on 551. At
the bottom of this page is a device containing the letters E (?) S. ; p. 5.52 is blank.
The Kalendar is Sarum. Chad is absent. On Oct. i we have Remigii et Bauonis in red.
In the Litany Ccdda occurs among Confessors.
The decoration consists of full-page pictures, borders, and a few smaller pictures and historiated initials.
The drawing is stiff and rather poor, the gold and colouring good, the condition excellent, the general effect
gay and striking.
The borders, which are confined to the pictured pages and those facing them, are of one type throughout.
Each has four more or less rectangular projections at the angles, and (usually) four small cusped projections in
the middle of each side. These are of conventional foliage on gold ground. The intervals are of line and
leaf ornament on uncoloured ground.
The illustrations are as follow :
I. p. 14. Full. The guardian angel in blue robe with gold feathers, in landscape, stands on three devils
and plunges a long cross into the head of one.
a. p. 16. Possibly added a little later. Half-page. Mass of St. Gregory. Pink ground above a low
wall. Green and black pavement. Gregory kneels at altar, on which stands Christ nude. Instruments of
the Passion fill the background. Two Cardinals kneel on L.
3. p. 18. Full. Prayer on rising. Lady in white nightgown and head-cloth in wooden bed with dark
red quilt. Blue and gold curtain hung from tester. A blue jug on the green floor.
4, p. 20. Fifteen Oos. Chequered ground, low wall, tiled floor. Christ stands holding book inscribed
Ego sum uia ueritas et uita. A small canopy hangs above. R. and L. kneel two small angels with harp and
vioL
.5- P- 34- Memoriae. The Trinity (• Italian') on wooden throne with high back in apsidal building. The
Father in blue and gold mantle over green, and blue and gold tiara.
6. p. 38. John Baptist in landscape holding lamb.
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6o WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
7. p. 42. John Evangelist in building with cup (no dragon). Eagle on R.
8. p. 46. George on horseback pierces dragon with spear. King and Queen in city on L. Princess
and lamb on R.
9. p. 50. Christopher carries the Child through river to L. Hermit and lantern on R.
10. p. 54. Three soldiers in tunics and plated leg armour attack Thomas of Canterbury kneeling at altar
on R. Altar has blue ratable of crucifixion, and red crosses on cloth. Landscape seen through door on L.
11. p. 58. Antony in landscape with book, staff, and two pigs. He has red cap, black mantle, slate-
coloured scapular (?), and red robe : fire at his feet.
I a. p. 63. Magdalene with casket in landscape.
13. p. 66. Katherine crowned, with sword, wheel on L. stands on Maxentius in a building.
14. p. 70. Margaret emerges from green dragon. God in sky on L. Pink ground, with gold pattern :
low wall and tiled floor.
15. p. 74. Barbara, with book, by tower in landscape.
16. p. 78. Wilgefortis, crowned, bearded, in red and gold robe, crucified on tall cross in landscape. A man
binds her feet. The king, her father, and another on L. : a spectator on R.
The Hours of the Virgin are illustrated by full-page pictures of the Passion and half-page pictures of the
ordinary cycle.
17. p. 82. Matins. Full. The Agony. The Father in sky on R. The soldiers and Judas (red-haired)
enter the garden.
18. p. 83. The Annunciation. Gold ground. God in sky on L., the dove near the Virgin's head. The
angel has scroll {aue . . . tecum). Lily pot in C.
19. p. 94. Lauds. The Betrayal.
20. p. 95. The Visitation.
21. p. 114. Prime. Christ before Pilate.
22. p. 115. Joseph and the Virgin and two small angels adore the Child,
• 23. p. 133. Tierce. The Scourging : Christ is bound back to the pillar.
24. p. 1 23. Three shepherds. Angel in air with scroll, Gloria . . . de
25. p. 128. Sext. Bearing the Cross. The Virgin and John support one arm of it.
26. p. 139. Adoration of the Magi.
27. p. 134. None. Christ on the Cross. The Virgin (swooning), John, and another woman on L.
Soldiers, &c., on R.
28. p. 135. The Presentation. Symeon is mitred.
29. p. 140. Vespers. The Deposition.
30. p. 141. Massacre of the Innocents.
31. p. 146. Compline. The Entombment.
33. p. 147. The Flight into Egypt. '
Historiated initials to the prayers to the Crucifix.
33. p. 174. Christ on the Cross.
34. „ The three crosses.
35. „ Bust of Christ.
36. p. 175. The right hand wounded.
37. „ The left hand wounded.
38. „ The five wounds.
39. p. 176. The right foot wounded.
40. „ The left foot wounded.
41. p. 196. TJie Seven Psalms. Full. The Last Judgement. Pink ground with gold pattern. Christ on
rainbow. Two angels with trumpets. Virgin and John Evangelist kneel on earth. Seven people rise from
graves.
42. p. 220. Vigils of the dead. Raising of Lazarus from a tomb in the grass. Cloister (?) behind. Mary
and Martha on L. Jews on r., one holds his nose.
43. p. 252. Commendations of souls. Pink ground with gold rays and pattern. Above, the Father in
HORAE AND PSALTER fSARUM) 6i
tiara (half-length) between angels. Below, two angels holding a cloth between them on which are two nude
long-haired souls. Two graves in the earth below.
44. p. 256. Psalms of tlu Passion. Pink ground with gold pattern. The Man of Sorrows standing in
the tomb, surrounded by the Instruments of the Passion. Cross with title, ladder, spear, reed and sponge,
three nails, sword, cock on pillar, two scourges, hammer, pincers, centre-bit, three gold caskets, seamless robe,
grave-cloth, dice, bucket, gold pieces.
Illustrations of tlu Psalter.
45. p. 360. Beatus ttir. Jesse in blue over gold robe, black head-dress, reclines (head to L.) on dark red
mattress with white pillow. He supports with L. hand a tree standing on his body, in which are nine half-
length figures of kings surrounding a full-length figure of the Virgin and Child standing in the C. This picture
is the best in the book and is by another artist.
46. p. 300. Dominus illuniinatio. David kneels in landscape and points to his eye. God in sky on K.
Crown and harp lie on the ground.
47. p. 326. Dixi custodiam. David, crowned, kneds in landscape with river. God in a red-starred
medallion in air edged with blue clouds.
48. p. 350. Dixit insipitns. In building with blue and red vault. David in a wooden chair on R. Before
him the Fool' in parti-coloured red and yellow dress with prick-eared fool's cap, holding a bauble with fool's
head at top. In the background a buffet with vessels on it, and a pink and gold arras.
49- P' 37^- Saluum me fac. David, crowned, nude, lies in a river in landscape. God in air in medallion
(as no. 47)-
50. p. 406. Exultate. David, crowned and robed, stands in front of a wooden seat on u playing with two
hammers on five belk hung on a beam between two pillars, in a building with tiled floor and red and blue
vault. I.^ndscapc seen through door on R.
51. p. 436. Cantate. Eight coped clerks sing from a book on a lectern with massive base (and cupboard
in it) in a vaulted building with tiled floor. David seen through arch on R.
5a. p. 466. Dixit dominus. The Father and Son in red and gold mantles sit turned towards each other,
supporting a gold orb. The dove in air between them. Blue and gold arras behind, and green and gold
curtains (at sides) and fringe (at top). Above, pink ground with large pleated pattern at sides, and a gold, red,
(starred), and blue sphere at top.
This is a most copiously and brightly illustrated example of a large class of books. The Psalter is not
of common occurrence in them in my experience. Typical specimens of such Horae are in the Fitzwilliam
Museum, nos. 52, 53, &c., Clare College, no. i, and in many other places.
21. HORAE (MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS).
Vellum, 68x46 mm., ff. 253, 16 lines to a page. Cent, xv late, in an Italian Gothic
hand : written by a Flemish scribe.
Modem green velvet binding and case.
Collation is impracticable on account of the small size of the book and tightness of the binding.
Contents :
Kalendar in red and black, not full. i», l3^ 13* blank. 1°
Oratio ad sanctam Vcronicam. Salue sancta facies. 15'', i6» blank. 13*
Hours of the Cross, le*. 3a^ 23* blank : of the Holy Ghost, 23*. 29^ 30* blank.
Missa b. Marie, 30''.
Sequences of the Gospels, 37 : 42*, 43' blank.
Hours of the Virgin. Use of Rome, 43''. Two blank pages follow each Hour.
Ends with Protector in te sperantium. Dc profundis. Il3^ 114" blank.
62 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Office of the Virgin in Advent, &c., ii4''- i24. iai" originally blank.
Seven Psalms and Litany, 125''. 146'', 147" blank.
Office of the Dead, l47^
Obsecro te, 185. O intemerata, 189.
Quicunque vult, 193. 196" blank.
Psalter of St. Jerome, I96^ 207* blank.
Memoriae, 307^ The Trinity, the Father, the Son, the Spirit, Stabat Mater ; SS. Michael, John Baptist,
■ John Evang., Peter and Paul, James, Apostles, Stephen, Laurence, Christopher, Sebastian, several martyrs,
Nicholas, Claudius, Anthony, Julian, Anne, Magdalene, Katherine, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia.
Sensuiuent plusieurs deuotes louenges peticions oraisons et requestes.
Morning prayers, prayers at Communion, 232^
Les sept oraisons Saint Gregoire (D. I. C. adoro te), 237''.
Further private prayers for various occasions : rubrics in French, 339.
Or. de nostre seigneur. Mon benoit dieu, 243.
Or. deuotissima dicenda die Sabbati . . . Missus est Gabriel, 245.
De S. Christoforo, 352^ 253'' blank.
The Kalendar has: Feb. a8 Romani abb. Mar. 17 Gertrudis v. Apr. 17 Petri dyachoni. May 13
Seruacii Ep. 23 Desiderii ep. June 5 Bonifacii ep. red. 8 Medardi ep. 14 Basilii ep. red. 17 Alexii C.
25 Eligii ep. red. July 2 Visitacio Marie red. 3 Thome ap. red. 6 Godeleue v. 17 Alexii C. again.
Se/>(. 6 Eleutherii Ep. 25 Firmini C. Oct. i Bauonis. 14 Donatiani ep. red. 21 xi milium virginum. 24
Seuerini ep. Nov. 19 Elisabeth vidue. Dec. 1 Eligii ep. red. 14 Nichasii ep. red. 17 Lasari C.
The Litany has : Confessors, Louis. Monks, Francis, Benedict, Anthony, Bernardinus, Dominic, Louis.
Virgins, &c., Clara, Elizabeth.
Decoration. The principal part of this consists of pictures, and borders of fluid gold, with birds (peacocks
notably), natural flowers and fruit, skilfully done. These borders (e.g. the first) are divided into panels by
gold frames, and these panels have grounds of blue or purple-red. The execution of the pictures is very
skilful. The style unmistakably Flemish. The pictures are full-page, save where otherwise described.
13''. Salue sancta facies. Blue ground. Bust of Christ in purple robe holding a crystal orb with gold
cross, and fleury. His head is rayed with flourished gold rays. The opposite page has full border, as in
nearly all cases.
16''. Hours of the Cross. The Crucifixion. The Virgin, John, and woman on L. : two Jews on R.
Peacocks in the border.
23^ Hours of the Holy Ghost. Pentecost. The Virgin kneels at a desk in c. facing R. Apostles kneel
on either side looking up at the dove.
30**. Mass of the Virgin. Ground mainly pink. The Virgin and Child, rayed, rather more than half-
length, surrounded by clouds.
\'^. Matins of the Virgin. Annunciation. The Virgin kneels inside a building. Gabriel (outside) enters
on L. The Dove on a ray.
63''. Latids. The Visitation, on a grass plot in front of a brick house with stone dressings.
77^ Prime. The Virgin (L.) and Joseph adore the Child. Ox and ass behind. Rays descend vertically,
83''. Tierce. Two shepherds in a field with a gate. Angel in pink, and star, in the sky.
88^ Sext. The adoration of the Magi in the stable. One king is a negro.
92*. None. The Presentation. A circular altar in C. Symeon on R., in profile. The Virgin and two
nimbed attendants, maid and youth (?).
97''. Vespers. In a field-road (a house on L.) a soldier is about to take a swaddled child out of its mother's
arms.
106''. Compline. The Flight. Joseph leads the ass to L.
114^ Advent Office, &c. The Father -in tiara and pink robe throned in c, full-face, rayed, with orb,
fleury. The Virgin, crowned, kneels to him on L. The ground where not gold is pale blue.
125*. Seven Psalms. David in prayer in robe of ermine and red-purple, his harp by him. A large yellow
rock behind.
HORAE (MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS) 63
147''. Office of the dead. A nude corpse lies (head to L.) on a red bed. The soul, a nude figure drawn
in gold, issues from the mouth. Just above in air an angel with raised sword and shield : a demon at the foot
of the bed stretches his arms towards the soul. At the top, in a glory, the head of God in dark blue hood and
robe. In front, back to the bed and almost facing the spectator, a monk in black sits reading.
185, Obsecro ie. Partial border. Initial. Half-length figures done in pale purple. Peter, the Virgin,
Christ's body, St. John.
196''. Psalter of St. Jerome. Jerome in purple habit kneels, baring his breast before a crucifix against
a tree on L. A chapel or cell on R.
207'. Memoriae. The Trinity. The Father, in tiara and red robe, supports the body of the Son, whose
knees rest on a blue and gold globe. The Dove is near the head of the Son. Gold and blue ground.
A scries of small pictures in the text, with partial borders, follow : the figures usually half-length.
ao8*. The Father, with orb, blessing, in very light purple robe. Gold ground and blue clouds.
ao^*. The Son, nude save for loin-cloth, blessing. Similar ground.
aio. The Dove. Similar ground.
an. Stabat Mater. The Crucifixion, with Mary and John. Blue ground.
213. Michael, in armour and mantle with long iron spear. Blue ground.
214. John Baptist, with book : lamb's head on R. Red ground.
aI4^ John Evangelist, with cup.
215. Peter and Paul.
216. James the Great seated on the ground : staff, book, hat on back.
217*. Stephen, in gold dalmatic, holding stones.
218. Laurence, in white, with book and gridiron. Red and gold curtains : blue ground.
219''. Full-page. Christopher, with flying red mantle, wades across the stream to L. bearing the Child.
The hermit, very small, on the cliff on L.
aaI^ In text. Sebastian, in white armour, holds a bunch of arrows.
aaj*. Nicholas, as bishop, seated. The heads of three figures seen on R.
224^ Claudius, in black and gold mitre and vestments, with red book, and double-cross staff. Blue
ground with gold pattern.
226. Anthony : red cap, hooded habit : book, and head of a pig by him.
227. Three people in a boat, viz. a boatman, Julian the Hospitaller standing in c. in black, with broad
hat, and a nimbed woman on R.
227^. Anne : the Child- Virgin by her : red ground.
228. Magdalene in prayer in a cave : her casket in front : clad only in her hair.
aaS*". Katherine, crowned, with sword, wheel, and book : red ground.
229*. Margaret, rising from the back of a monster : blue starred ground.
%y^. Barbara, with palm : tower on L. : blue ground.
.a3i*. Apollonia, with tooth in forceps : blue ground.
%yj^. Prayers of St. Gregory. Full-page. He is at the altar holding the Host, facing R. Above, a small
figure of Christ with the cross, in a glory. Two servers vested in red and a woman occupy the L. half of the
picture.
243. Mon bctioit dieii. In text. Christ, half-length, in purple robe, with open book, blessing : red ground.
245. Missus est. In text. L., against a pink ground, the Virgin and Child. K., against a blue ground,
with gold leaves, a beardless man in dark habit, in prayer.
In the prayer Obsecro te the suppliant is masculine. The original owner of the book may be taken to be
represented in the last picture. It is a most carefully executed piece of work throughout, though not attaining
the highest rank in respect of its decoration. The book has, however, a special and unique interest as having
been the property of Mary, Queen of .Scots. On two pages she has written inscriptions ; the first is on p. 113'.
Mon Dieu
confondez mes
ennemys
H.
64 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The other, on p. 134 : ,
Dieu viuant
mon soul Juge
olyez . mes plainctes
& mes
gemissementz.
Facsimiles of Queen Mary's handwriting may be found in Andrew Lang's Mystery of Mary, Queen of
Scots. They, like the writing before us, are in the ' new Roman ' script.
It cannot, however, be said that the inscriptions in themselves afford evidence of their authorship. Tradi-
tion states that they are by Queen Mary, but my own researches have not availed to carry the tradition back
beyond the first half of the nineteenth century. A writer (S. H.) in the ist series of Notes and Queries
(iv. 418) had seen the book. He describes it very shortly from memory and quotes the first inscription in
English. He does not say where he saw it.
Other books of devotion said to have belonged to Mary arc in existence. One in the Imperial Library
at Petrograd, brought thither by Dubrowsky from Paris, is described by Labanoff in his edition of the remains
of Mary. Another, then at Bornheim, is noticed in the Gentleman' s Magazine for 1858 and 1859. In Notes
and Queries, ist series, iv. 418, ' S. H. ' mentions a second prayer-book ' from a monastery in France', and in
series 8, vi. 233, an account is reproduced from the Catholic Magazine and Revieiv of 1831, of yet another book
of Hours, owned by a Catholic gentleman at Cheltenham.
22. PSALTER.
Vellum, loj x6| in., ff. 162 + 7, ^9 lines to a page. Cent, xiii (middle), in two beautiful
hands : the second begins at f. 85.
Old binding, brown leather over boards, restored : panel of stamped pattern (the
principal stamp is two crossed C-shaped pieces of cable pattern) : clasps gone.
Book-plate of Sir Henry Mainwaring, Bart., of Peover, Cheshire : he d. i860.
c
Collation, a* (i lines cover) i" (wants i and 5) 3 ? * (five : wants i and 7, 8 ?) 3^ (wants 2) 4^-7* (wants 5) 8*-
12^* 13'^ i4*-i 9* (wants 2) 3o''-23^ (want^ 7, 8) : two fly-leaves, a 3rd lines cover. Foliation 1-170 errofieous, but
adopted in description.
Contents :
Kalendar, wanting Jan., Feb., Sept., Oct., in gold, blue, red, green, a full line for each day " 4
Illustrations of the Life of Christ 8
Blank leaf, 13.
Psalter, wanting frontispiece (Beatus vir) 14
Cantica 155
Litany, 168. One leaf only, ending in invocations of martyrs.
This magnificent book has been the subject of a special notice by M. L. Delisle (Notice stir un Psautier
dn XIII' sihle appartenant ajt Comte dc Crawford, Bibl. de TEcoIe des Chartes, 1897, tom. Iviii, p. 15). From
this I venture to reproduce the following paragraphs :
' Le livre s'ouvre par un calendrier, incomplet des deux feuillets qui se rapportaient aux mois de Janvier,
de fevrier, de septembre et d'octobre. En depit du titre Psalterinm a7iglo-norma7m. dore au dos du volume, le.
calendrier n'a rien d'anglais ni ricn de norraand. On y trouve bien la mention de saint Oswald, du roi saint
Edmond et de saint Thomas de Cantorb^ry ; mais on y chercherait en vain les noms de saint Cuthbert, de
saint Dunstan et de beaucoup d'autres grands saints de I'eglise anglo-saxonne. Les saints des liturgies
normandes sont aussi pour la plupart absents. Par contre, la liturgie parisienne est largement representee.
X kl. maii. Inventio corporum Dionysii sociorumque ejus. Oportune.
nil id. junii. Landerici, episcopi et confessoris. Getulii martyris. Censurii.
PSALTER 65
XI kl. julii. Sancti Leufredi abbatis.
VII kl. julii. Translatio sancti Eligii, episcopi et confessoris.
Ill id. julii. Turiavi, episcopi et confessoris, et aliorum.
VII kl. augusti. Translatio sancti Marcelli, episcopi et confessoris. Duplum.
Id. novembris. Briccii episcopi, et sancti Gendulfi, episcopi et confessoris.
VI kl. decembris. Genovefe virginis, et sancti Marcelli episcopi.
Ill non. decembris. Parisius susceptio reliquiarum.
Ce calendrier a ^te ex&utd avec un grand luxe. On a tenu k ce que chaque ligne en fut remplie dans
toute la longueur. Les articles en sont Merits en quatre couleurs, qui se succ^dent r^guli^rement, or, bleu,
vermilion et vert, altcrnance qui forme un ensemble aussi ^clatant qu'harmonieux.
Les mentions relatives a saint Thomas de Cantorb^ry ont et^ gratt^es, comme aussi la qualification de
fiafie, qui suivait les noms de saint Luce, de saint Gr^oire, de saint Sixte, de saint L^on et des autres souverains
pontifes.'
Aprt:s le calendrier vient une suite de miniatures peintfs sur des feuillets dent le cdt^ oppos^ a la peinture
est rest^ bianc. Ces miniatures remplissent sur chaque page un cadre haut de 153 millimetres et large de
105, cadre dans lequcl sont inscrits comme il suit dix compartiments, huit ronds et deux en forme de losange,
avec un petit mMaillon au milieu, chacun des compartiments en losange reliant les quatre compartiments ronds
auxquels il est superposd par les extr^mit^s :
I. rond. 2. rond.
3. losange.
4. rond. 5. rond.
M^daillon.
6. rond. 7. rond.
8. losange.
9. rond. 10. rond.
Les petits medallions places au centre de chaque page renferment des figures ou des omements d^coratifs.
Dans les compartiments ronds ou en losange sont representees des seines de I'histoire evangeiique, avec des
legcndes explicatives trac^es, en bleu et en rouge, sur les marges du haut, du bas et des c6tes.
I^ s^rie des tableaux est loin d'etre complete. Le premier a disparu ; il devait contenir dix petits cadres
consacres A la representation des premieres seines de I'histoire evangeiique : I'Annonciation, la Visitation, etc.
It est impossible de determiner I'etendue des autres lacunes que nous avons k deplorer. II ne subsiste plus que
cinq tableaux, dont je vais indiqucr briivement les sujets, en reproduisant les legendes qui les expliquent :
I (fol. 9 V*). La Nativite. L' Adoration des bergers. La Circoncision. La Presentation au Temple. Le
Voyage des Mages.
I. Et pannis eum involvit et reclinavit cum in presepio. (Luc, ii. 7.)
3. Et ecce angelus Domini ad pastores dicens: " Evangelizo vobis gaudium magnum." (/did., 9 et 10.)
3. Pastores loquebantur ad invicem: "Transcamus usque Bethleem." {/Ind., 15.)
4. Et vcnerunt festinantes et invenerunt puenim cum Maria matre ejus. (/M., 16.)
5. Tunc reversi sunt pastores, et dicunt : " Gloria in excelsis quia." {/bid., 20.)
6. Postqu«^ consummati sunt dies octo ut circumciderctur puer, vocatum est nomen est (sic) Jhesus.
{/bid^ii.)
7. Obtulcrunt Jhesum in Templo, et Symcon accepit eum in ulnas suas. (/bid., 22 et a8.)
8. Cum natus esset Jhesus in Bethleem Jude, tres magi vencrunt ab Oriente Jerosolimam, dicentes : " Ubi
est ? " (Matth,, ii. 2.)
9. Turbatur Hcrodcs et vocans principes sacerdotum sciscitabatur ab eis ubi Christus natus esset. At illi
dtxenint : " In Bethleem Jude." (/bid., 4 et 5.)
10. Tunc Herodes, clam vocatis magis: " Usque ad illura locum ite et interrogate." (/bid., 7 et 8.)
II (foL 8). La P6che miraculeuse. La Rencontre de jesus et de Mathicu au tonlieu. La Guerison des
malades de la Galilee. Le Sermon sur la montagne. Les Noces de Cana.
J. Factum est autem cum turbc irruerent in eum, et piscatores lavabant retia. (Luc, v. i et 2.)
K
66 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
2. Ascendens autem in unam navem que erat Simonis, rogavit eum a terra reducere pusillum. {Ibid., 3.)
3. Ut cessavit autem loqui, dixit ad Simonem : " Due me in altum et laxate retia." Et nichil prendiderunt.
{Ibid., 4 et 5.)
4. Et cum hec fecissent, comprchenderunt piscium multitudinem. {Ibid., 6.)
5. Quod cum videret Symon Petrus, procidit ad genua Jhesu dicens : " Exi a me, quia homo peccator
sum, Domine." {Ibid., 8 et 9.)
6. Et cum transiret illic, vidit Levi sedentem in teloneo, et secutus est eum. {Ibid., 27.)
7. Et circuibat Jhesus totam Galiieam, sanans omnem languorem et infirmitatem. (Matth., iv. 23.)
8. Videns autem turbas, Jhesus ascendit in montem, et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus ; et aperiens os
suum, docebat eos : " Beati," etc. {Ibid., v. 1-3.)
9. Nuptie facte sunt in Ghana Galilee, et dicit mater Jhesu : " Vinum non habent." (Jo., ii. i et 3.)
10. Erant ibi sex lapidee ydrie, et dicit Jhesus ministris : " Imple[te] ydrias aqua," et impleverunt, etc.
{Ibid, 6.)
III (fol. iov°). La Resurrection de la fi lie d'un prince. La Reception de J^sus par Marthe. La Cueillette
d'^pis par les disciples de J^sus et la gu^rison d'un infirme le jour du sabbat. Le Martyre de saint Jean-
Baptiste. L'Empressement des foules a suivre J^sus.
1. Hie eicit Jhesus turbam tumultuantem et tibicines. (Matth., ix. 23 et 34.)
2. Hie ingreditur Jhesus ad puellam, cum Petro, Jacobo, Johanne et patre et matre piielle, et resurrescit,
{Ibid., 25.)
3. Intravit Jhesus in quoddam castellum,et mulier quedam, Martha nomine, excepit ilium in domum suam.
(Luc.^ x. 38.)
4. Abiit Jhesus sabbato per sata ; discipuli autem ejus vellebant spicas et edebant. (Luc, vi. i.)
5. Et ecce homo habens manum aridam, et sanavit eum. (Luc, vi. 6 et 10.)
6. Die natalis Herodis regis, saltavit filia Herodiadis, et promisit ei caput Johannis. (Matth., xiv. 6 et 9.)
7. Misitque rex, et decollavit eum in carcere, et allatum est caput ejus, etc. {Ibid., 10 et 11.)
8. Et puella dedit matri sue. {Ibid.,\i.)
9. Quo audito, venerunt discipuli ejus et sepelierunt eum. {Ibid., 12.)
10. [La place de la l^gende est laiss^e en blanc Le tableau repr^sente les foules qui suivaient J^sus.]
{Ibid., 13.)
IV (fol. 11). La Multiplication des pains. La Barque de saint Pierre. La Reponse de J6sus 4 la Chana-
neenne. La Gu^rison du sourd et muet. L'Entretien de J^sus avec la Samaritaine.
1. Hie benedicit quinque panes et duos pisces, et precipit ut apponant turbe. (Matth., xiv. 19.)
2. Discipuli apponunt, et manducaverunt, et saturati sunt v milia, exceptis mulieribus et parvulis. {Ibid.,
20 et 21.)
3. Et tulerunt reliquias, xii cophinos fragmentorum plenos. {Ibid., 20.)
4. Jhesus est in terra solus, et navis in medio maris, et discipuli laborant in remis. {Ibid., 23 et 24.)
5. Hie venit ad eos ambulans supra mare, et putantibus illis fantasma esse dixit : " Ego sum." {Ibid.,
25-27.)
6. Dicit Petrus Jhesu : " Domine, si tu es, jube me venire ad te super aquas." {Ibid., 28.)
7. Et cum ascendisset in naviculam, cessavit ventus. {Ibid., 32.)
8. Dicit Jhesus mulieri Chananee : " Non est bonum sumere panem filiorum et mittere canibus, etc."
(Matth., XV. 26.)
9. Tunc adducunt ei surdum et mutum, et misit digitos suos in aures ejus. (Marc, vii. 32 et 33.)
10. Jhesus fatigatus sedet super fontem ; venit Samaritana haurire aquam ; et dicit ille : " Da michi
bibere." (Jo., iv. 6 et 7.)
V (fol. 12 v°). Suite de I'histoire de la Samaritaine. La Nourriture de Jesus. La Gu^rison du paraly-
tique. La Transfiguration. La Guerison du lunatique.
1. Et venerunt discipuli et mirabantur quia cum muliere loquebatur. (Jo., iv. 27.)
2. Hie dicit mulier hominibus de civitate : " Venite et videte hominem, etc." {Ibid., 28 et 29.)
PSALTER 67
3. Dicunt ei discipuli : " Rabi, manduca ;" et ait illis : " Ego cibum habeo manducare quem vos nescitis."
{Ibid., 31 ct 32.)
4. Erat Jherosolimis probatica piscina quinque porticus habeas, et angelus ; movebatur aqua, et sanus
unus. (Jo., V. a et 4.)
5. Et dicit Jhesus cuidam qui jacebat ibi per xxx et viii annos : "Tolle grabatum tuum." {Ibid., 5 et 8.)
6. Assumpsit Jhesus Petrum et Jacobum et Johannem, et duxit eos in montem excelsum et transfiguratus
[est]. (Matth., xvii. i.)
7. Et facta sunt vestimenta ejus splendida sicut nix, et apparuerunt in eo Moises et Helias. {Ibid., 2 et 3.)
8. Dicit Petrus : " Rabi, bonum est nos hie esse ; si vis, faciamus hie tria tabernacula, tibi unum, Moisi
UDum et Helie unum." {Ibid., 4.)
9. Et vox de celo dixit : " Hie est filius meus," et neminem viderunt nisi solum Jhesum. {Ibid., 5 et 8.)
10. Hie rogat quidam genibus flexis pro filio suo. {Ibid., 14.)
Lc nombre des tableaux qui ont disparu doit dtre assez considerable. Ceux qui subsistent suffisent pour
faire classer le livre parmi les chefs-d'oeuvre de I'art fran^ats du XIII* siixrle. Par certains proc^des de peinture,
il se rapproche dc la Bible moralist, dont le second volume est 4 la Biblioth^que nationale (ms. latin 11560)
et les deux autrcs k la Biblioth6que bodl^ienne d'Oxford et au Mus^e britannique.'
' Ces miniatures ne sont pas la seule decoration du psautier. Les bouts de lignes non couverts par I'dcri-
ture ont 6t€ remplis par des omements d'or, d'azur et de vermilion, et surtout par des animaux de formes
gcn^ralcment trhs allong(^es : singes, quadrupcdcs, oiscaux (coqs, grues, paons), lizards, sauterelles, poissons.
Ces b«ites sont toutes dories ; de leurs bouches, gueules ou bees sortent des gerbes de filets rouges et bleus.tres
varies et tris ^l^gants, formant des bordures marginales txks l^g^res qui descendent parfois jusqu'au bas des
pages.
Le texte du psautier est ^crit en encre Ubs noire, avec ces gros caracteres auxquels on peut donner pour
signe caract^ristique la fagon dont sc terminent par le bas les lettres f, i, m, n et I : la partie inf^rieure des traits
dc ces lettres s'arr<5te brusquement, aussi large qu'au milieu, sans subir le moindre amincissement ni la moindre
inflexion. Cc genre d'^criture se remarquedans plusieurs manuscrits parisiens du Xlll* si^cle, notamment dans
lc splcndide <5vangdliaire de la Sainte-Chapclle, n" 8893 du fonds latin.
I^ psautier proprement dit est suivi des cantiques (fol. 150) et des litanies des saints (fol. 168), auxquelles
lc fanatisme a jnflig<i les plus tristes mutilations : on n'en a laissd subsister que la premiere page ; encore en
a-t-on grossicrement cflac^ les mentions qui choquaient la foi des protestants. Ces actes de vandalisme ont ^t^
accomplis au temps de Henri VIH.
Lc volume dtait d6]k en Angleterre k la fin du XV* siecle, ^poque 4 laquelle il a re^u une reliurc dont les
omements cstamp<is sur les plats semblent bien itre un travail anglais.
Le comte de Crawford, en me communiquant son psautier, avait appel^ mon attention sur une signature
trac^e au commencement (fol. a v"), en caractires quiparaissent d^noter une main royale : ROYNE JAHANNE:
C^^Ot***
La forme Jalianne n'est pas ordinaire, ct, dis qu'elle eut pass^ sous mes yeux, je r^solus de chercher quelle
rcinc du XIV* ou du xv* siecle avait pu adopter cette forme pour sa signature. Mon enquete m'a conduit a un
rdsultat qui ne laisse pas I'ombre d'un doute. La signature ROYNE JAHANNE est incontestablement celle
de Jeanne de Navarre, fille du roi Charles le Mauvais, qui ^pousa d'abord en 1386 Jean de Montfort, due de
Brctagne, mort en 1399, puis, en 140a, Henri IV, roi d'Angleterre, et qui mourut en I437- Pour s'en con-
vaincrc, il suffit de mettre i cdt^ de la signature du livre appartenant 4 lord Crawford les signatures qui sont
au bas de trois pieces originales ^man^es de Jeanne de Navarre, duchesse de Bretagne et reine d'Angleterre.'
M. DelUle proceeds to give particulars of the three documents, with facsimiles of the Queen's signature,
and notices two other books which belonged to her, a French Bible (Bib. Nat. fr. a) and a Breviary not known
to be in existence now.
The Notice is illustrated by a plate reproducing f. 1 1 of our manuscript.
K %
63
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Another publication which bears on the subject is that of the late M. Samuel Berger, Les Manuels pour
tillustration du Psautier au Xl/P sitcle {Mem. de la Soc. nationale des Antiquaires de France, 1898, torn. Ivii),
which is specially concerned with the legends descriptive of the historiated initials of the Psalms. Of these
legends M. Berger prints several sets ; one of them is furnished by a Psalter now at Cambridge (Univ. Libr.
Ee. 4. 24), which was printed by myself in the Proceedings of the Camb. Ant. Soc. (viii, 1895, p. 146). These
legends were in French, but they are derived from Latin : and the Latin form is that which is found in the
Psalter before us. I shall here transcribe the whole set, and my transcript will do duty for a detailed destrip-
tion of the pictures themselves.
amici in captione
Ps. 2. Pilatus et Herodes fiunt
Christi.
3. Absalon pendet duabus lanceis transfixus.
4. Rex hie dormit in pace.
5. Abraham expellit ancillam cum filio.
6. David infirmans orat ad dominuni.
7. Quidam a monte proicit lapides circa (contra)
dauid.
8. Quidam erigit torcularia.
9. Sacerdos indutus confitetur coram altari.
ic (11 and so forth). Quidam respicit corniculam
uel coruum.
11. Angelus canit buccina et mortui resurgunt.
12. Quidam induit pauperem nudum.
13. Quidam iudeus respiciens terram flet.
14. Ecclesia tenet calicem.
15. Christus resurgit de sepulcro.
■16. Dauid orans benedicitur a domino.
1 7. Puer portans coronam ad dauid.
1 8. Spiritus sanctus descendit in apostolos.
19. Dauid regitur manu dei.
20. Dauid coronatur a deo.
21. Christus pendet in cruce.
32. Populus redit a babilone.
23. Christus frangit portas inferni.
24. Quidam respiciens in celum uerberatur.
25. Ecclesia tenet calicem.
26 {large). Samuel inungit dauid.
27. Dauid orat in tabernaculo.
28. Sacerdos immolat arietem.
29. Quidam dedicat ecclesiam.
30. Auis euadit a laqueo hominis.
31. Sacerdos baptizat puerum.
32. Leaf gone.
33. Dauid simulat se fatuum. (Fool before a
king.)
34. No title. Christ, robed, holds the cross and
nails (?).
35. No title. Joab stabs Abner or Amasa.
36. No title. Woman (?) in blue stoops over water.
' Uns quiert herbe.'
37. Dauid flens respicit gladium : sword held by
angel on R.
*38
39.
40.
41.
42.
43'
44.
45.
46,
48.
49
50.
*5a
ii-
54-
SS-
56.
57.
58.
59-
60.
61.
62.
63-
64.
65.
66.
67.
{large). Rex dicit Christo custodiam linguam
meam.
, Deus extrahit dauid a luto et coronat.
Dauid dat pauperi panem.
No title. Man pierces a stag drinking.
Sacerdos stat ad altare.
Iudeus canit buccina et fugiunt inimici.
Puelle timpanizant post Christum. Christ
above, with lute : musicians below.
No title. Christ, vested, with holy water and
asperge, before altar with chalice on R.
Church on L.
No title. The Ascension.
No title. Herod breaks ship with axe.
Diabolus capit animam diuitis.
Iudeus ofifert arietem. Christ behind altar
rebukes him.
Natan ostendit ovem dauid et ipse flectit genua.
{large). Propheta dicit regi Quid gloriaris ?
{large). No title. Fool before king on R.
Christ's head above.
Dauid abscidit sauli oram clamidis.
Quidam in naufragio clamant.
Saul dormit et tenet dauid calicem.
Nuncius uenit a saul ad dauid.
Incantator incantat aspidem.
Michal per fenestram dimittit dauid.
Dauid ince(n)dit uillam. D. with torch : city
on R.
Dauid stat super bestiam.
Turris cadit super regem.
Dauid stat absconditus in deserto. He stands
bareheaded between trees. Head of God
above.
Sagittarius insidiatur dauid. Dauid on L. On
R. a centaur with blue horse-body. ' Sagit-
tarius ' was interpreted by the artist to mean
the Zodiacal sign, which is always represented
as a centaur.
Rex extrait captiuos.
Leo suscitat filios suos.
Aaron tenet uirgam.
Moises et aaron erigunt archam.
PSALTER
69
81.
82.
83.
«4.
85-
*68 (large). No title. Christ half-length, with 107.
book: below, Jonah emerges (toward L.)
nude from the mouth of the fish and clutches loS.
at a tree. 109
69. Duo portant caput isboset ad dauid. 110.
70. Dauid Stat hie (in tower) et inimici eius hie
(below). III.
71. Tres reges ueniunt adorare. 112.
70. Moises frangit tabulas. 113.
73. Deus pellit sinagogam.
74. Sacerdos uerberat regem. 114.
75. Deus aufert uelum ab oculi(s) sinagoge. 1 15.
76. "Deus uerberat dauid et coronat. 1 16.
77. Moises percutit petram et fluunt aque de .117.
pctra. 118.
78. Bestie comedunt corpora sanctorum.
79. Deus plantat uineam.
80 (large). Dauid percutit cimbala. He plays on
bells: a man by him on a fiddle.
No title. Flight into Egypt. Idol falls.
Delbora percutit cum malleo clauum in aure
sisare uiri sui.
Prcsbiter celebrat.
Partus uirginis et puer in presepio.
Homo occidit bcstiam.
86. Annuntiatio.
87. Quidam strangulat hominem.
88. Filius a dextris Patris tenet solem et lunam.
89. Quidam seminat frumentum.
90. Christus habet sub pedibus leonem et dra-
concm.
91. Dauid Btat insummitate palme.
9a. Christus stat armatus.
93. Quidam interficit hominem.
94. Christus dicit uirgini fatue. ncscio te.
95. Sacerdos ofTert hostiam. The altar and Host
erased.
96. Omnia Israel obuiat uenienti dauid. David 119.
throned on R. : men on L. 1 20.
*97 (large). Moyses inuitat populum ad cantandum. I3i.
98. Dominus in rubo apparet moisi. 122.
99. Christus pascit oues. 123.
100. Unus minatur. alius inflammatur. 124.
*ioi (large). Pellicanus reficit pullos sanguine suo. 125.
loa. Aquila percutit lapidem super fontem (renews 126.
his youth by breaking his beak on a rock). 127.
103. Onager moritur siti. (expectabunt onagri in siti 1 28.
sua.) 129.
104. Farao dat claucs losep. 130.
105. ludei adorant uituium. 131.
106. Angelus nunciat pastoribus. 132.
lacob cancellans manus benedixit filiis
<Ioseph).
ludas suspensus crepuit medius.
(large). Pater, filius. spiritus sanctus.
Abraam uult immolare filium et angelus tenet
ensem.
Quidam dat inopi elemosinam.
Samuel inungit dauid.
Ydolatra adorat ydolum. Also one hammers
a nail into the head of a prostrate man.
Samson fert portas ciuitatis.
Sacerdos dat potum cuidam cum calice.
Duo fcrunt botrum.
Quidam ascendit per scalam in turrem.
Aleph. Quidam studet in libro.
Beth. Quidam cum deo loquitur.
Gimel. Vir cum ligone accipit mercedem a
deo.
Daleth. Dauid dormit super ceruical.
He. Virgo tenet florem.
Vau. Dauid orans coronatur.
Zain. Quidam impellit hominem in ignem.
Cheth. Quidam post tergum ligatis manibus
studet.
Teth. Carnifex interficit martirem.
lod, Caph, Lamed, gone, with missing leaf.
Mem. Puer docet senem.
Nun. Quidam fert lucem coram alio.
Samech. Columbe respiciunt aquam.
Ain. Christus loquitur iudeis.
Pe. Annuntiatio.
Tsaddi. Spiritus sanctus descendit in papam.
Koph. Monachus iuuenis. Head erased, and
chalice on altar, at which he kneels.
Resh. Quidam interficit serpentem.
Shin. Nudus uerberatur.
Tau. Quidam fert ouem.
Dauid orat ad dominum.
Quidam respicit montem.
Quidam intrat templum.
Ancilla respicit manum domine sue.
Deus erigit mergentem in fluuium.
Deus percutit manum uolentis tangere uirginem.
Quidam fert manipulos segctis.
Apostolusexcutitpuluerem pedum coramiudeis.
Justus cum uxore et liberis sedet ad mensam.
Peccator lapidat innocentem.
lonas exit de uentre ceti.
Mulier ablactat filium.
Christus et mater eius surgunt de sepulchris.
Moises ungit aaron in sacerdotium.
70 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
133. Duo laudant deutn. 142. Milites custodiunt sepulcrum.
134. Angelus luctatur cum iacob. The angel is on 143. Dauid interficit Goliam.
a ladder. 144. No title. Christ (half-length) takes hand of
135. losue suspendit quinque reges. David, nude, crowned, in water.
136. ludeus suspendit orga(num) in salice. 145. Christus sanat dauid.
137. Flent reges. 146. Pulli coruorum uiuunt de rore celi.
138. Rex ungit lumbos suos. 147. Ihesus stat in turre Jerusalem.
139. Duo pugiles pugnant. 148. Homo dicit angelo ut laudet deum.
140. Rex respicit solem. 149. Petrus tenet regem.
141. Christus sepelitur. 150. Angeli in cimbalis et timpanis slant.
Canticum Isaiae. Confitebor. Propheta confitetur.
Cant. Ezechiae. Propheta loquitur Ezechie egrotanti.
Canticum anne (no other title). Hannah mocked by Peninnah.
Canticum Moysi (i). Soror moisi psallit pharaone submerso.
Canticum Abbacuc. Abacuch propheta. He reclines : above, Child in manger, ox and ass.
Canticum Moysi (2). Moises recitans legem coram filiis Israel dicit (?).
Te deum. Canticum angelorum. (Coped clerks singing : heads erased.)
Benedicite. Tres pueri in fornace.
Benedictus. Zacharias, seated, writing.
Magnificat. Angelus salutat uirginem.
Nunc dimittis. Simeon tenens ihesum dicit. nunc dimittis.
Quicunque uult. No title. Christ seated with book, blessing.
Litany. Two clerks with books, one above the other.
The miniatures in the Kalendar are in the form of medallions set in squares, alternately blue and pink :
frames alternately vermilion and green : grounds gold. Those which remain are :
" March. Pruning vines. Aries.
April. Holding two fleurs de lys. Taurus.
May. Youth on horse, hawk on hand. Gemini holding red shield.
June. Mowing. Cancer.
July. Reaping. Leo.
August. Threshing. Virgo holding fleur de lys.
November. Beating oak for pigs. Sagittarius, centaur shooting back to L.
December. Kills pig with back of axe. Capricorn, white goat emerging from green shell.
The illustrations of the Life of Christ, of which M. Delisle gives the legends and describes the arrange-
ment, are very remarkable. There is a very noticeable striving after intensity of expression in the faces of
the figures ; the work is by the artist who has illustrated the rest of the book. I add brief descriptions of the
scenes, adopting M. Delisle's numeration :
*I. f. 8. I. The Virgin lays the Child in the manger. Ox and ass on R.
2. Angel and shepherds.
3. Shepherds consult.
4. Joseph, Virgin, and Child on L. Shepherds arrive on R.
5. Shepherds return and meet other people, God's head above.
Medallion, gold on pink, defaced.
6. Circumcision.
7. Presentation. Joseph on L.
8. The Kings meet Jews.
9. Herod and the scribes.
10. The Kings and Herod.
n. f. 9. I. Two men washing nets. Christ on R.
a. Christ on ship, man pushing off : men on shore.
PSALTER • 71
• 3. Christ on ship, man lets down net.
4. „ „ men draw up net of fish.
5. „ „ Peter (and others) bow to Him.
Medallion azure, lion rampant or.
6. Christ on L. Matthew by seat of custom points to heap of money.
7. Christ preaches to crowd on L.
8. Christ on mount addresses Apostles on L.
9. Cana. Christ, the Virgin, and others at table.
10. Two groups of servants fill six water-pots.
III. f. 10. I. Christ pushes out musicians with pipes and organ (?). Jairus on R. weeps.
a. Christ (with Jairus and Apostles) raises Jairus' daughter. Her mother offers her a bowl.
3. Christ sits on R. Mary seated at His feet. Martha stands on L.
4. Christ on L. Apostles pluck com.
5. Jews on L. Christ, on R., takes hand of m&n with withered arm.
Medallion. Gold pattern on blue.
6. Herod's feast. Salome balances herself on her hands.
7. John Baptist in tower beheaded. Salome on R. with the charger.
8. Salome brings the head to Herodias, seated, crowned.
9. The disciples lay the body in a tomb.
10. A seated crowd on L. Two disciples face them on R. The legend here is unfinished ; only the
initial H has been written.
IV. f. 1 1. I. Christ blesses the loaves and fishes.
a. The Apostles (two) distribute to the 5,coc.
3. Apostles empty a cloth of fragments into one of twelve baskets.
4. Christ on shore. Apostles rowing in a ship.
5. Christ approaches the ship, on the water.
Medallion. Pink, a lion passant or.
6. Peter, sinking, held up by Christ. Ship and Apostles on R.
7. Christ enters the ship.
8. Christ on R- The Syrophenician woman kneels to Him, and again perhaps stands and addresses
Him. On L. men at table and a dog asking for crumbs.
9. Men on L. Christ touches the ears of the deaf man.
10. Christ and woman of Samaria on R. Well on L., with bucket, and pitcher by it.
V. f. la. I. Disciples on L. Christ talks to the woman.
a. Men on R. Woman points them past the well on L.
3. Disciples offer Christ a fish ; He points up : God's head above.
4. Bethesda : structure with five windows or porches. Angel in C. troubles the water.
5. Bethesda shown on L. Man carries his bed. Christ on R.
Medallion, blue. An ostrich in gold.
6. Christ leads Peter, James, and John to mount on R.
7. Christ, Moses, Elias : Apostles sleep below.
8. Christ, Moses, Elias. Apostles below, seated, look up.
9. Christ in c. Apostles, two on L. one on R. God's head above on L.
10. Christ on R. Man kneeling points to his (epileptic) son on L.
The illustrated initials to the Psalter and Cantica, which follow, have been sufficiently dealt with.
72 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
23. EPISTOLAE PAULI GLOSSATAE.
Vellum, 9I X 6| in., ff. 203, 15 lines of text to a page, varying numbers of lines in the
comment. Cent. xii.
2 fo.: ^ semper in orationibus.
Formerly belonged to Libri. It is no. 770 in the Catalogue of 1859 : purchased by
Quaritch for jC8 8s. A facsimile of the initial and first lines of text on f. i is given
on pi. xi of the Sale Catalogue.
There is an erasure at the bottom of f. i.
Collation. i« (wants i, 2) a«-68 7' (wants 4) 8»-io« (wants a) -20' (wants a, 4, 6) -aa* (wants i) -a6« (wants
6) 27' (wants 7, 8 blank).
Contents :
Epistolae Pauli cum glossa ordinaria.
Ad Romanes i
Gloss begins : Prima ponitur quod primum gradum erroris scil. superbiam destruit.
Pro altercatione romanis apostolus scribit.
Ad Corinthios i 45*'
Lacuna after f. 49, secundum suum laborem. Dei (iii. 8)
to supra quam scriptum est (iv. 6).
Another after f. 68, gratias agens fregit et (xi. 24)
to De spiritualibus autem (xii. i).
Ad Cor. ii 83
Ad Gal. 108
Ad Eph. 1 20
" Ad Phil. 13a
Ad Col. 140''
Lacuna, oporteat uos uni- (iv. 6)
to -nisterium quod accepisti (iv. 17).
Ad Thess. i 148
After f. 148 lacuna, fides uestra que est (i. 8)
to festinauimus faciem (ii. 17).
After f. 149 from per fidem uestram (iii. 7)
to qui nunc uiuimus (iv. 15).
Ad Thess. ii 153''
Ad Tim. i 157*
After f. 159 lacuna from in fide et ueritate (ii. 7)
to -um incidat et laqueum (iii. 7),
Ad Tim. ii •168"
Ad Tit. 172
Ad Philem. 176
Ad Hebreos 177''
After f. 1 95 lacuna from in adquisitionem anime. Est (x. 39, xi. i)
to ciuitatem cuius artifex (xi. 10).
Text ends f. 203* ; the verso is blank.
The only decoration in the book consists of a series of initials to the several Epistles. The body of the
letter is usually of rather coarse gold, on grounds of blue, green, light red, and darker red, with white dots in
groups of three. Small bands of silver with red dots also occur. Within the letter is a system of broad white
interlacing bands of conventional branch-work. Animal- and bird-forms occur in the latter part of the book.
The last initial (to Hebrews) consists of two birds with interlacing necks, spotted with green and red dots.
The character of this ornament is to my thinking Southern, but the writing might be North French.
MISSAL (SARUM) 73
24. MISSAL (SARUM).
Vellum, i2| X 8 in,, ff. numbered i. ii. 1-256, double columns of 31, 40, &c., lines : music
on four-line stave. Cent, xiii (near the middle), in a fine hand.
Old binding, skin over boards, remains of strap and pin fastening.
Collation, a* (i lines cover, 4 cut out) b" i**-ii** la" I3"-I9" ao' (wants 6-8) : 21" aa*' : c" (wants 3 :
5, 6, line cover).
On the fly-leaf (f. i) at top in a hand of cent, xiii is
Memoriale Henrici de Ciscestria canonici Exon. prec. Ix. s.
Sir E. M. Thompson in Proc. Soc. Ant., series ii, xvi, p. aaa points out that Henry de Chichester was
precentor of Crediton and resigned that office in 1 364.
In Oliver's Lives of tlte Bishops of Exeter, p. 300, he is noted as the giver of some vestments to the
Cathedral. It may well be this Henry of Chichester whawas Chancellor of Lincoln from about 1360 to 1268.
Contents :
In a larger and later hand than the rest i
Iste oraciones dicuntur per totam quadragesimam ad missam de ieiunio usque ad cenam domini. prima
de die secunda pro penitentibus.
Exaudi quesumus domine supplicum preces
iiL de s. maria iv. de omnibus Sanctis v. pro uniucrsali ecclesia vi. pro pace vii. generalis : followed by
Secreta and Postcommunions.
■ f. a** blank.
Kalendar in black, blue, and red 3
Kyries. Deus creator omnium, etc., f. 9. Gloria in excelsis (i i**). Sanctus (13). Agnus dei (13'').
Bcncdicamus domino (14) all in double columns, noted.
Bcncdictio salis et aque. Larger hand begins here 15
Proper of Time. IS*
After Dcdicatio ecdesie :
Oratio S. Augustini ante introitum misse 142''
Summe sacerdos
After this, on f. 143'' is an erasure of several lines.
In a larger script. Prayers for the recovery of the Holy Land 144
Deus uenerunt gentcs.
Preces.
Deus qui admirabile prouidencia cuncta disponis
Ecdesie hie quesumus domine preces placatus admitte
Deus a quo sancta desideria
Credo, noted '45
Prefaces.
Prayers ad galeam, albam, zonam, manipulum, stolam, casulam : added in cent, xiv early (?) 148
148" blank.
Full-page paintings . ^49
Canon of the Mass, &c. ^55
Adcst o uenerabilis pontifex tcmpus acceptum ' ^5^
156* blank.
Proper of Saints ^57
Translation of S. Edmund Abp. added in cent, xv ^9^
193 blank.
Common of Saints ^93
Missae votivae •. '^^
' Address of the Archdeacon to the Bishop on Maundy Thursday. See H. A. Wilson, Magdalen Pontifical, 1. 156, 286 note.
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74 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
r>b
b
Ordo ad facienda sponsalia **9
Ad uisitandum infirmum ^'*°
Commendacio anime, and Masses of the Dead, Burial Office 222
Pro iter agentibus, 231. Benedictio pere et baculi, 231. Benedictio uestis, crucis, ensis noui, carnis in
pascha, fructuum, panis in dominicis diebus, seminis, ad quecunque uolueris, a3l^ 233.
Additions in other hands :
(a) Missa communis de apostolis : de omnibus Sanctis ^3^
(b) Epistola et euang. de angel is.
{c) Mass of the Cross : of the Resurrection.
(d) Of Advent 233
{e) Of Angels (xv).
Prayers for the dead and for the Holy Land, to be said at nine stated seasons 233
In the small script of ff. 9, &c.
Sequentiae noted (one of S. Edmund K. M. Omnis fidelium ecclesia) 234
' Additions in other hands :
Letabundus exultet 265
Veni sancte spiritus 200
Office of S. Cuthburga (xiv-xv) 266"
Gaude maria uirgo cunctas hereses sola interemisti et (xiv, xv).
Parts of fly-leaf cut off: erased inscriptions on the verso.^
The Kalender is Sarum. David and Chad are absent. On Sept. 15 is Festum reliquiarum Sarum in
blue. No entry that I can detect gives any help to determining the particular destination of the book.
In the Sanctoral the office for S. Edmund Abp. is added on 169'' in the same fifteenth-century hand
that has added the office for his translation.
On 183 is a note (xv) De S. Cuthburga quere in fine libri.
On 1 83'* is the Festum reliquiarum Sarum ecclesie.
On 186 note (xv) of the office of S. Firmin.
Francis occurs in Kalendar and Sanctoral (186).
On 189** a note (xiii-xiv) of the office of All Souls.
On 190* marginal corrections (xv) to office of S. Edmund Abp.
S. Hugh occurs in Sanctoral {igd*') but not in Kalendar.
Though I am unable, owing to insufficient knowledge, to bring out the liturgical interest of this manuscript,
its importance to students of the Sarum rite is obviously very great. The suggestion has been made that it
should be published entire in facsimile, and it is hoped that the project will be carried out.
I am informed by the Rev. H. M. Bannister that the date must be later than 1344 (S. Edmund Confessor
occurring in the Kalendar) and possibly later than 1253, since the Octave of the Nativity of the Virgin is
mentioned in the text, though not in the Kalendar. The history of the settlement between the Feast of the
Relics and the Octave is as yet uncertain.
Decoration. The pictured work consists of historiated initials and full-page paintings. These are in
a fine rather archaic and stiff manner. The grounds are gold. They strongly resemble those in a Psalter at
All Souls College, Oxford (no. 6), of which a specimen may be seen in pi. 39 of the Catalogue of the
Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of Illuminated MSS. (1908), by Mr. S. C. Cockerell. Mr. Cockerell is
inclined to attribute both books to Salisbury.
*i. f. 16. Ad te leuaui. Initial, with old linen guard. Kneeling bearded man holds up a nude figure
(his soul : ' Unto thee lift I up my soul '). Building on L., altar with candle on R. Bust of Christ above
in cloud.
3. f. 26. Christmas. The Virgin sits up in bed suckling the Child : ox, ass, and manger in front.
Joseph on R.
3. f. I0^^ Easter Introit. Christ with resurrection cross and banner steps out of the tomb.
' One of these is : Non est ipichj (nisi ?) una tacbia de argento qd Js'epi (quando suscepi ?) librum. (' There was only one silver
lasp when I received the book.')
MISSAL (SARUM) 75
4. f. loa*. Easter Collect. The angel seated on the tomb. The women on R.
5. f. 1I4^ Ascension. The Vii^jin and Apostles, half-length: the feet of Christ ascending seen also.
6. f. 1I7^ Pentecost. The Virgin and Apostles, half-length: the dove descending.
7. f. 1 1 7*. Pentecost. Priest in blue chasuble : altar and two candles on L. Dove descending.
8. f. I2I^ Trinity Sunday. God seated blessing: orb between His feet.
9. f. I2I^ Trinity Sunday. Priest in blue chasuble : altar, chalice, and Host, on R. Head of Christ above.
*io. f. l^^^. Larger initial. Ordo Missae. Sursum corda. Priest at altar, on which is chalice. Deacon
behind holds up pax (?).
*i 1. f. 147*. Preface. John Baptist on L. and an angel on R. hold between them a vesica in which is the
Paschal Lamb.
Full-page pictures. Frames of patterned bands edged with blue, gold, or red.
12. Annunciation. Gold ground. Two trefoiled arches. Under that on L. Gabriel (face damaged) with
scroll inscribed in Lombardic capitals AVE— DOMINUS. On R. Virgin with scroll, ECCE— FIAT
MICH I. The dove descends towards her ear. Above t)ie arches three angels, two at the sides with crowns,
one in C. with censer.
♦13. Nativity. Blue ground with white dots. The Virgin reclines (head toe.) suckling the Child. Oxand
ass feed in front- A woman in red stands adjusting the coverlet over the Virgin. Joseph sits on R. White
curtains looped up. Trefoil arch : angels censing in spandrels.
* 1 4. Gold ground. Cinqfoil arch. Censing angels in spandrels. On an elaborate throne the Virgin :
the Child in red on her lap leans over to take a scroll inscribed FILI DEI MISER(ER)E MEI from a priest,
bearded, in blue cope over white, who kneels on R. On the steps of the throne are three small lions.
♦15. Pink ground. The Betrayal. Architecture above. The kiss of Judas. Seven soldiers on L. Peter
and Malchus. Christ has scroll MITTE GLADI(UM TU)UM I(N) VAGIN(AM). The soldiers and
Malchus have dark faces (and so throughout in the Passion-scenes). Judas is red-haired and holds the hand
of a soldier in order to guide him.
16. Gold ground. Two imperfect trefoil arches. The Scourging: Christ bound full face to the central
shaft.
1 7. Blue ground with white dots, bordered with pink. Christ bears the (green) cross to R. Two men on
L. (one with hammer), two on R. (one with nails).
*i8. Gold ground. Christ on the (green) cross, nailed with three nails. Title IHC NAZARENVS
REX IVDEORVM. On L. the Virgin supported by a nimbed woman: she has a scroll ANIMA MEA
LIQVEFACTA EST. On R. John. Above the arms of the cross two angels half-length : one on L. holds the
sun, red and grey, with face : the other the moon, with female face seen above the crescent
19. Pink ground with white rings. Christ with cross and banner steps out of the tomb. Angel on L.
plays fiddle, on R. harp. In front three mailed soldiers sleep.
*ao. 153. Initial to Canon of Mass. Gold ground. Christ on the Cross (which is formed by the letter T) :
above, the Father half-length with orb, blessing. On L.the Church crowned, with red cross, banner, and chalice :
on R. the Synagogue blindfold, with broken crescent banner, and inverted vessel whose contents are poured out.
These pktures are characteristically English : they show the boldness and the roughness of the style.
Their colour is excellent, but the face-drawing is not skilful ; the eyes are beady and doll-like. The general
effect, however, is fine and the condition for the most part very good indeed.
25. FRAGMENT OF LECTIONARY.
Vellum, 10x8 in., ff. 24, text about 28 lines to a page, music about 15. Cent, xi?
finely written : text in a large minuscule, words of the musical passages in small script :
neums employed for the music throughout. Titles in red capitals. Initials in red, only
slightly omamented-
It was no. 596 in the Libri sale of 1859. The catalogue assigns it to cent, ix : a few
lines are facsimiled in plate xxvii.
L 2
76 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
A foliation of cent, xviii? in ink runs from 194 to 217 : it has been pencilled over or
erased, and, as will be seen, the present first leaf ought to be the last.
Binding red velvet.
Collation, i leaf out of place follows last leaf. F° G' H (two : first and last leaves) I' (the last leaf
being now f. i). The signatures are perhaps of cent, xv and look to me as if they might be Italian.
Contents: "
Lessons and Responses, &c. (iii-vi) of the office of the Dead 1 (21)
„ „ (vii-ix) for the Virgin 2(194)
„ „ De S. Michaele Archangelo 3
„ „ In natali SS. Patriarcharum et S. lohannis Baptiste 6''
* „ „ In natali unius apostoli 10
„ „ In natali plurimorum martirum 13
„ „ In natali unius martiris (Lect. i only, imperfect) iS*
A gap here.
„ „ For a confessor, beginning with text of Lect. i 17
„ „ In natali unius virginis so
„ „ In vigilia mortuorum (Lect. i, ii) 24
The present first leaf should follow here.
26. FRAGMENT OF MISSAL.
Vellum, 8^ x 5I in., ff. 8, 21-22 lines remaining on a page. Cent, xii, in a large fine
hand, seemingly German.
These leaves were probably bound up in a manuscript or printed book as fly-leaves. They come from
a Missal and contain :
End of Gospel for eve of Palm Sunday i
Palm Sunday Epistle (part) i
„ „ Gospel (Passio secundum Matheum) i*"
Feria ii. Lectio Ysayae prophete 4''
„ Passio secundum Marcum (beginning and end gone) ■ 5
Another leaf of the Passion according to Matthew 8
The leaves are all mutilated at the bottom.
The binding is modern, of stiff parchment : and blank leaves of paper are added to make up the requisite
thickness.
27. SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS.
Vellum, 11x8 in., ff. 49 + 17, double columns, text 50 lines to a full column. Cent, xv
early, good writing and rough pictures. Written in Germany.
Binding, stamped white pigskin over boards. One clasp remains.
Contains the full-page armorial woodcut book-plate of
Volprecht von Schwalbach, Stathalter der Boley francken, Commenthur zu Eslingen
(or Ellingen) und Ntirmberg, Teutsch ordens.
and that of Lord Crawford.
Collation. 5 paper fly-leaves. I'-iii^ (wants ^r^) iv*-vi* vii* (4 cane). 13 paper fly-leaves (13th
lines cover).
Speculum Humanae Salvationis.
SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS 77
f. i» blank.
Prol. Incipit prohemium cuiusdam noue compilacionis i*
Cuius nomen et titulus est speculum humane saluationis, etc.
O bone Ihesu da ut hoc opusculum tibi complaceat
Proximos edificet et gratos tibi faciat Amen.
Aue maria gracia plena
Benedicta tu uirgo sercna. Amen.
Text. Incipit speculum humane saluationis 3''
In quo primo patet casus hominis et modus reparacionis.
After f. 1 8 is a lacuna : the lost leaves ought to have contained the last half of c. xvi and cc. xvii-xx
(first halO-
The text ends, f. ^^*, with the seventh Joy of the Virgin. •
Quod nobis omnibus prestare dignetur dominus Ihesus Christus
Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto est imperpetuuqj benedictus. Amen,
ff. 47*-49 are ruled but have no text f. 49 has had another text on it, erased, not much older than
the rest
The scheme of the illustrations is that of the ordinary type of Speculum : two pictures at the top of each
page. The work has been done by two artists, of whom the second perhaps hardly deserves the name of artist.
He begins at f. 15" and I think continues to the end of the book, improving to a slight extent as he proceeds.
The artist of AT. 3*-i5* is much superior : there is a pleasing softness about hi.s forms and colours.
There are no backgrounds to the pictures, and no gold is used.
Names of the personages represented are written above the pictures, on ff. ^-6* in the hand of the scribe
of the text (which is uniform throughout), on the rest in a hand of much later type. These inscriptions
cease at f. 33''.
No explanatory prophecies are attached to the pictures.
The following noteworthy features occur. I compare with MS. Fitzwilliam i^ (Catalogtte, pp. 51 sqq.),
and with the list in Jameson and Eastlake, Life of Christ, ii. 433.
4. Temptation of Eve. Serpent half female, half dragon, winged and two-legged, stands on L.
5. Fall. Serpent with human head only.
10. Vision of Astyages. A tree grows out of the bosom of his daughter, who stands by his bed,
crowned.
14. Tree of Jesse. In it is only a medallion with dove surrounded by six other doves.
18. Table of gold. Two fishermen hold net with table of gold, over water. Sun above.
The temptation of Christ, f. 15'', is the first picture by the inferior hand.
f. i6>'. Manasseh, in captivity, sits crowned and robed, his hands chained to an upright on either side,
a chain across his body.
After f. 18'' the following subjects are missing:
(Types of Last Supper.) The Passover.
Mclchizedek and Abraham.
The soldiers sent to take Christ fall backwards.
Samson kills Philistines with jaw-bone.
Shamgar kills Philistines with ox-goad.
David slays 800 men.
The Betrayal.
Joab kills Abner.
David before Saul.
Death of Abel.
The mocking of Christ.
Hur spit upon by the Jews.
Shame of Noah.
Philistines mock blind Samson.
78 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The Scourging of Christ.
Achior bound to a tree.
We resume with Lamech mocked by his wives.
On ff. 27^ sqq. the subjects are (following the Descent into Hell) :
Christ binding and spoiling Satan.
Benaiah and the lion.
Samson and the lion. *■
Ehud and Eglon.
The Virgin trampling on Satan.
Judith kills Holofernes.
Jael kills Sisera.
Tomyris kills Cyrus.
Christ leads souls out of Hell.
The Exodus.
Christ delivers Abraham out of the fire.
Lot led out of Sodom.
The Resurrection, &c.
On f. 38^ The Judgement.
The parable of the two servants above, the king calling for a reckoning with his servants, a round table
before him : one hands him a purse. Below, the unmerciful servant led to prison.
On 39''. Heaven, in three tiers : red ground. In the uppermost, Christ, the Virgin, and angels. Below,
the Apostles and Virgins. In the lowest, ecclesiastics mitred, monks, &c.
After the seventh Joy of Mary, is a picture without text, occupying the space of two ordinary ones. It
represents a friar in brown habit holding a green branch and driving four white sheep into a church on R.
28. ARMORIAL.
Vellum, io|x62 in., ff. 10 + 98 + 3, text double columns of 34, 46, &c., lines. Cent, xv
(1416).
Black morocco binding (cent. xix).
Collation. 8 leaves of paper written, i vellum fly-leaf, i paper fly-leaf, i* 2' (5 cane. : 3 misplaced, now
f. 25 : 8 ? cane.) 3^^ 4*-6* (4 cane.) y^ (2 cane.) 8^ 9^" lo'^ (4 cane.) 11* 12^ 13^ 14'^ (wants 2) 15* 16* (4 cane.) 17*
(4 cane.) 18^ (2 cane.) 19* 20^ (2 cane.) 21* 22* 23* (i cane.) 24® (5, 6 cane.) 25^ (2 cane.) 26^ 27* 28'* (3, 4 cane.)
29*, 3 paper leaves.
On the third paper fly-leaf is an old pencil press-mark U. 6, and a note in English. On the five following
is an imperfect table in English (xviii) of the principal contents of the book. Then follows a vellum fly-leaf
with notes in English in the same eighteenth-century hand on the contents of the work. The next paper leaf
is blank.
The text begins with a prayer to the Trinity to assist the work in hand :
O sancta trinitas que es lux omnium sanctitatum : huic operi bonum inicium concedere perseuerenciam
continuare et finem felicem dare digneris ad laudem et gloriam tui ipsius exaltacionemque catholice fidei et
unionis sancte matris ecclesie regaliumque fastigiorum milicie eciam et tocius mundans (/. mundane) nobilitatis
presertim parcium europe felicem per euum et prosperum euentum.
It continues :
Anno gracie mill""" cccc"" decimo sexto pro benedicendo de rebus honorabilibus et eis contrariis tacendo
iste liber fuit inceptus in tempore quo tenebatur et celebrabatur sacrum generate concilium constancie, etc.
After specifying the candidates for the papacy, the author says that he will proceed to describe the arms
and badges of the princes and nobles who were present at the Council : ' que insignia uocantur in pluribus
partibus europe arma. Et grepi appellant seu nominant scilicet semaydi (o-Tj/uiSia, ? a-r^ndbia) quod interpretatur
ARMORIAL 79
seu significat insignia. Et in aliis partibus uocantur seignars et presertim in portugalia, quod idem est sicut
insignia, ut predictum est et eciam credo quod est rectum et principale eorum nomen.
He then discourses of the origin of arms, instituted by Julius Caesar at the crossing of the Rubicon, and
(on pp. 7-14) of the office of Heralds. After this he says that he has travelled much during a great part of
his life, and will describe shortly the countries he knows, and in the first place Italy and Rome.
♦This section is headed on p. i by an upright oblong miniature of the Trinity : gold ground : the Father
in blue, red, and green, seated, holds before him the crucified Son, over whose head apparently is the dove.
There is also a decorative initial and partial border.
§ a. p. 17. Headed by the banners and tiara and crown of the Pope and Emperor, the latter's banner
bearing a single-headed eagle.
One leaf of the text is misplaced : it should follow p. ao and is now pp. 25, a6.
The section begins :
Roma autem sita est quasi in centro ytalie inter tu(s)chiam et latinos populos
It ends with a list unfinished and faint at the end :
domini de petra . . . comites de mente (I) scudrio.
Two blank unnumbered leaves follow.
§ 3. p. 23. Germany. Headed by the badge (gold dragon vomiting flame) and banner (single-headed
eagle) and crown of Sigismund.
Pro bene diuidcndo gerntuniam suauia est in angulo terre germanie
Ends imperfectly, p. a4, Et in plana prima de suauia supra magnum lacum est sita ciuitas constanciensis
(pp. 25, 26 are misplaced, as said.)
One blank leaf.
§ 4. p. 27. Spain. Headed by badge, banner, and crown of Castile and Leon, and by the style of ' lohannes
dei gracia rex de castella de leon ', &c.
Text : Hispania est terra undique mari uallata
Treats of Castile, Leon, Galicia, Toledo, Andalusia, Cordova, Murcia.
p. 40. Arms and crests of the ambassadors from Castile and Leon to the Council of Constance, Bishops
of Badajoz, ' Conchicnsis ', and five nobles.
p. 43. Blank.
p. 43. Device. Motto pour lasce amour, banner and crown of Aragon.
Style of Alfonsus rex arragonum, &c.
Text, Regna terre ct dominia regnorum et corone arragonie
p. 45. Sicily. Banner and crown.
In partibus orientalibus est Insula Cecilie
p. 49. Cathalonia.
p. 50. Majorca.
pp. 5 1 -a. Blank.
*$ 5- Portugal, p. 53. Device pour Hen, banner and crown and style of lohannes d. g. rex de portugalia.
Text, Regni portugalie confines prouinciasque
On p. 55 we have some particulars as to the author.
Nunc prouincia seu pars Bciria uocata me ut de ea laudes representem acelerat. . . . Nee natale solum
me ut ciuitatem lameceru^m dicte prouincie Bairie silencio transcam permittit.
Ends imperfectly in a description of King John's capture of Ceuta ' anno proximo preterit© '.
On p. 61. Arms of Alfonsus, Count of fiarcellos (natural son of John I).
p. 6a. Blank.
§ 6. Navarre, p. 63. Banner and crown. Style of Karolus d. g. rex Nauarre.
Regnum nauarre est ad introitum yspaniarum . . . regnum nauarre non tangit mari de aliqua parte
pp. 65-6. Blank.
§ 7. Naples, p. 67. Crowned shield, banner and crown.
On p. 71. Banner and three shields of nobles, Aurel. a. Urbaun, Masser. a. Nicolct, Zuff. a. Meil.
8o WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
72-5. Blank.
§ 8. p. 76. Text in Spanish of cent, xvi, xvii. Description of Hungary.
La Ungria es la que tiene asu setentrion los montes Carpatios.
On p. 77. Device, banner and crown of King of Hungary.
On pp. 78-81. Nineteen shields of Hungarian nobles, with names.
On p. 8a. Five shields drawn in pencil. •
pp.' 83, 84. Nine shields blazoned, without names.
§ 9' P- ^3- Poland. Spanish text added.
Banner and crown of Rex de pollonia.
pp. 86—8. Twelve shields, without names.
§ 10. p. 89. Banner and crown of Rex de boemia.
90-2. Blank.
§ II. p. 93. Cyprus. Device {pour loyaute maintenir), banner and crown and style of James d. g. rex de
Iherusalem de cipria et de armenia.
Text. Regnum Chyprie est quedam insula.
p. 95. Banner of Knights of Rhodes.
Text ends unfinished on p. loi on the island Madelin.
On p. 103. Two shields copied from two on p. 103, in red and yellow.
* On p. 103 are five shields, the first perhaps that of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (the Royal shield
with a border of argent and azure) : those of Fitzwalter, Stradling, Cheyny, and another.
pp. 104-6 have each five shields.
p. 107. Blank. On p. 108 a copy in red and yellow of a shield on p. 109.
On p. 109. Five shields. On no four shields, the only named one being that of D. guillermus de
guerauscon : a fifth shield is drawn in ink.
p. III. Banner and crown of Rex de Dina marga (Denmark).
112— 14. Four shields on each. ,
115. Banner and coronet (a plain band), quarterly, i and J,gu., two leopards passant or, 2 and 4 or, a lion
rampant azure, langued gules, the field semee of billets of the second.
116. Blank.
117. Banner, coronet, shield, and device of Ludouicus dux in esclesia et de briga.
118. 119. Ten shields of nobles, with names,
lao. Five shields, blank, in outline.
121. Ten shields, blazoned, with names.
124-6. Fifteen shields, blank, in outline.
127. Five shields, three in outline, with beginnings of blazon : two blank.
128. Blank.
129. Full-page composition of the shield, banner, &c., of Ludouicus frater Elisabeth regine francie comes
palatini renique bauarie dux et comes moritonii, etc. In the lower part a lady, seated on a staircase, holds
a gold chain attached to the feet of a black eagle, surrounded with gold rays and holding a gold object in its
beak.
130. Blank.
131. Five shields, one under a tent, with banners.
132-8. Thirty-five shields (German), all but one named.
140-2. Blank.
143. Banner and coronet. Quarterly, i and 3 gules, a knight on a white horse : 2 and 4 or, a death or
demon sable, with sword and shield of the same.
144. Eight shields, without crests.
I45> 146. Ten shields, with crests.
147, 148. Blank.
149 (numbered 249 and so onward). Three shields, with crests.
150. Blank.
ARMORIAL 8i
151. Device, banner and coronet of the Duke of Savoy.
Text. Ducatus comitatus terre et dominia potentis ducis Sabaudie.
'5'^. ^57- Six shields (Savoyard), with names. 158. Blank.
159. Banner of Prussia.
160. Blank.
161. Two shields (Lerchtenberg and another).
162-4. Blank.
165. Two shields (Pelsewcz). 166. Blank.
167 (numbered 269). Nameless banner and coronet. Party per fess. On a chief party per pale: dexter <7r,
head and shoulders of ox sable, langued proper, sinister, party per fess gules and or. Below, azure a griffin
passant <7r. '270'. Blank
' a;f I '. Banner and coronet of Austria.
272-4. Twelve shields, named (Austrian).
275. Banner and coronet of Samsonha (Saxony). 276. Blank.
277. Four small banners, supported by a gold crowned lion, and four shields, of Fredericus Lantgrauius
Duringe (Thuringia).
278, 279. Blank.
280. Six shields, three with names. 281, 282. Blank.
283. Banner and coronet of Brittany. 284. Blank.
285. Banner and coronet of Orleans. 286. Blank.
287 (numbered 289). Four shields (French), not named.
' 290 '. Banner and coronet of ' Bregonha ' (Burgundy).
291. Three shields, of Lanscolot de bocheria, Antoninus de bocheria, and another. The first has by it
a man in green robe and hat, holding a sun with the letter N in centre. Three blank pages follow.
293. Banner and coronet of Normandy. Verso blank.
All the blazoning is very bold and good. The book is very evidently unfinished. But I do not feel sure
that it is the author's autograph : at least the text is faultily written.
29, 30, 31. NICOLAUS DE LYRA.
Vellum, i6|xii in., in double columns of 68 lines. Cent, xiv, xv (finished in 1402).
In three volumes : modem binding.
Collation. Vol. I. i"-i3" 14* 15' (a a late insertion) i6"-3o" (10 cane.) : ff. 305.
Vol. II. i»''-22«» 23« : ff. 228.
Vol. III. 1* 2" 3»» 4* 5"-8" 9« io»<>-i5w i6»-ai» 22»« : ff. 202.
The history of this fine set of volumes is written in its colophons. On f. 202 of Vol. Ill we read :
E(x)plicit postilla super omncs libros bibiie tarn ueteris quam noui testamenti per florigerum expositorum
egregium eximjumque sacre theologie doctorem Fratrcm Nicolaum de lira ordinis fratrum minorum professo-
rcm uenerabilemue dudum sui ordinis prouintie Francie fratrem ac ministrum. notitlam ydyomatum hebreorum
grecorum caldeorum sicque latinorum sine defectu habentcm edita. Scripta per fratrem ugolinum marini
gibertutii de sarnano alumpnum ordinis ante dicti minorum prouintie marchie. Ad ampliationem solaminis
diuinonunque eloquiorum contemplationem. Magnifici Incliti illustrisue prosapie domus nobilitate ornate
Malatestarum atque Domini Malateste quondam serenissimi domini egregii ac militis strenuissimi domini
Pandulfi dc Malatestis. Cuius statum felicitet roboret et augustet incolumemque conseruet conditor cunctorum
manu singula que regit ac dbponit ad nutum diuinali. Expleta est in conuentu fratrum minorum pensauri.
Anno domini M* .ccccij. mens. April. Deo gratias.
The book, therefore, was written by Ugolino Marini Gibertuzzi of Sarnano, by order of Pandolfo di Mala-
testa, and finished in the Franciscan convent at Pesaro in April 1402.
Further, in each of the three volumes is a note at the end in these terms :
M
82 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Partem istam postille Nicolai de Lyra cum aliis duabus super textum totius biblie 111. Dominus Ludouicus
de Gonzaga Marchio Marc/iie solita sua humanitate contulit conuentui huic Sancti Francisci intra mantuam ad
fratrum ibidem commorantium usum et spiritualem consolationem. Anno domini . M.cccc. Ixix. xxiiij. Martii.
There have been inscriptions in red on the fore-edges of all three volumes : but they are to me well-nigh
indecipherable. That on Vol. II is the best preserved, running round all three sides. The alternate letters are
gone in many cases. The following words are alone intelligible to me :
At top, probably : ludouico gonzaga.
On front : domifio (?) marchione mantue.
At bottom nothing legible.
The Pandolfo Malatesta of the colophon seems to be the one who died in 1427. The Louis Gonzaga was
third of that name. Lord of Mantua, surnamed II Turco : born in 1414, died in 1478 : his mother, who died in
1453, was Paula Malatesta, n
The contents of the three volumes are as follows :
Vol. I. Prologue (i) without heading i
*Hec omnia liber uite ecc. xxiiii . . , qui sine fine uiuit et regnat in secula seculorum amen.
Expl. prologus primus de commendatione sacre scripture in generali.
Inc. prologus secundus de intentione auctoris et modo procedendi.
Vidi in dexteram sedentis . . . descendamus ad literam exponendam 1''
Genesis a*
In principio creauit deus celum et terram Obmissis difinicionibus curiosis
The biblical text is underlined in red.
*Exodus 37
Leviticus 67
Numeri 81
Deuteronomium ' 96
Josue no*
Judicum 1 19*
Ruth i26»
I Regum, 127''. 2 Reg., 150, 3 Reg., I6o^ 4 Reg., 173.
Ends f. 182: Expl. postilla super libros regum Edita a fratre Nicolao de lira ordinis fratrum minorum
sacre theologie doctore.
Inc. liber Paralipomenon. In die nomine amen . . . Colligite fragmina 182
3 Par. 190''
Esdras, 197''. Neemias, 200''. 2 Esdras, 204^ Tobit, 207.
Judith, 2IO^ Esther, 2i4\
Job, 2i7\ '
Prol. in Psalt. Propheta magnus surrexit 238
Psalter 339
Ending f. 305». Colophon, 305*", ending:
Mando lect \ _ christum roget ore fide \ '
Ut det script/ ^'^^ post mortem gaudia ce /"•
Scriptor qui scripsit cum christo uiuere possit.
There is also a note of cent, xvi, xvii.
Continens quat^rwa N" 47 et fol" N" 280. It is not correct for this volume.
Vol. II.
Prouerbia : Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter i
Ecclesiastes, I3^ Cantica, 19''. Sapientia, 34''. Ecclesiasticus, 'i,'^.
Isaias, 58''. Jeremias, ge*". Treni, II6^ Baruch, 119*. Epist. leremie, i3i*.
Ezekiel, 122. Daniel, 154. Hist. Susanne, \']&.
Prophetae minores 173''
I Machabeorum, 199. 3 Mach., 3o6^ ending f. 213.
NICOLAUS DE LYRA 83
Nicholaus de Lyra de differentia nostra translationis ab hebraica ueteris testamenti (title taken from
colophon) aio
Sapientiam scribere in tempore uanitatis.
Ends f. aaS*" : magis autentica reputatur.
ExpL tract de diff. nostre transl. ab hebr. uet. test editus a fr. Nic. de lira ord. frat. min. Deo gratias.
Later note:
Continens q» N* 33 et fol» N' 369 (incorrect).
Vol. IIL Mattheus (quattuor facies uni), i. Marcus, 39. Lucas, 35'*. Johannes, ^i^
Ending f. 83.
Inc. tabula super euangelia ad uidendum ubi plures euangeliste idem dicunt et ubi quilibet singula ut
patet in canone tabule 83
Quidam doctores antiqui . . , ponitur nomen euangeliste cuius euangelium tabulatur.
The tables of the Ammonian sections begin on Sj*" and end on Sj^.
Inc. collcctio de epistolis Pauli • ^7^
Actus 154''
Epistoiae Catholicae ' 172"
Apocalypsis 185'*
Ending f. 203'. The colophons have been given above.
The later note says, again incorrectly :
Continens q» No. 37 et fol» N» 300.
The pictured and other decorations in these volumes are as follows :
Vol. I. f. I. A fine full border of conventional foliage with birds and grotesques. At the bottom the
Malatesta arms. Argent, quarterly, an eagle displayed sai>/e in each quarter, on this a cross £ules, over all an
ine^utchcon, quarterly, i and 3 ^t/es, a lion rampant argent, 2 and 4 barry of six or and sad/e.
Initial Blue ground with gold crosses. Lyra in grey habit sits writing at desk : he is beardless.
i\ Second prologue. Border at top and bottom and down the middle.
Initial. Christ, seated in white, with book, blessing : blue ground.
a\ Gtfusis. Fine border. In two medallions at bottom. A collared leopard lying down and a hare
feeding.
Painting across top of page, in two compartments : deep blue ground.
(a) God, in deep blue dalmatic, with red and gold embroidery and blue fringe over rose-coloured dress,
holds the hand of Adam kneeling, nude, by a wooded mount, and touches him with a rod.
(6) God, habited as on L., holds the hand of Eve, who emerges from the side of the recumbent Adam.
Each chapter throughout has a fine decorative initial.
lo*. Sections of the Ark with some decoration.
I9^ Partial border.
36. Exodus. Full border with grotesques : magnificent.
Initial. Two half-length figures. Above, Pharaoh in blue with red turban and crown. Below, Moses in
blue cap with blank scroll.
56. The Ark of the Covenant, with the Cherubims, all in gold : two forms are shown on blue ground
with blue foliage heightened with white.
57. The shewbread and two figures of the candlestick in gold on deep blue.
57*. The curtains. 58. The boards of the tabernacle : in colour.
59. Two figures of the altar : green ground, with vermilion pattern.
59*. The High Priest in his robes. He stands on green ground, flowered : background gold with trellis of
blue and red.
63. Diagram of the Two Tables.
66*. Plan of the tabernacle.
♦67. Leviticus. Splendid full border, with medallions of clean and other beasts, dog (?), apes, white
dog, pigeon, head of ox eating grass : parrot.
Initial. Moses homed, aged, kneels ; head of God above, on R.
M 2
84 ' WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
8 1. Numbers. Full border, rather coarser; fine panels of gold pattern.
Initial. Moses with scroll : not homed, half length : gold ground.
82. Plan of Camp.
96. Deuteronomy. Full border with monsters.
Initial. Moses half length in blue cap with scroll passing round the back of his neck : he points upward,
no''. Joshua. Full border with collared leopard, goats, &c.
Initial. High priest in blue robe with red and gold breast-plate, &c., long scroll passing behincJ his
head : red cap : he points upward.
• US'*. Judges. Full border.
Initial. Half-length white bearded figure in blue. Gold ground.
I36^ Ruth. Full border: flowers growing out of gold vase at bottom.
Initial. Naomi and Ruth full length with scroll : gold ground.
Ia7^ I Reg. Full border with thistle, &c.
Initial. Saul in red robe with white pattern kneels. Samuel nimbed in blue-white robe, on R., crowns
him. Trees behind : blue sky starred.
I40^ This leaf is of cent. xvi.
a Reg. Full border, coarse.
Initial. David playing harp.
*i5o*. 3 Reg. Full border with medallion : a king in gold robe with sceptre holding small dog. Bust
of a youth with diadem facing L. : gold ground, red and gold robe. Man shoots arrow up to R. At bottom
L. youth carrying tree on shoulder, man and dog attack him : R. a similar scene, with two dogs and man
pulling at the tree on R.
A swallow-tailed butterfly in R. border.
Initial. Solomon throned in red and gold robe.
153. List of rulers. 1 53^ Plan of temple. 154. Section. 154'', 155*. Other plans. 155". A capital of a
column in gold and colour with fine patterns, ending in a fleur-de-lys. Ground light and dark blue, patterned.
156. Another capital in green, red, and gold on ground like the last.
The Brazen Sea red, green, and gold : blue ground.
I56^ Sections of the brazen sea.
157. Two figures of lavers, gold on green and red bases, light and dark blue ground.
*i63. 4 Reg. Full border with peacock, &c. Medallion L. youth in red stands in water, a fish on his
shoulder which he makes to drink out of a red vessel on L. R. a woman in blue and vermilion seated nursing
a red object and looking to L.
Initial. Prophet in fine red patterned robe, seated on blue patterned seat, with long scroll.
ISC'". Two diagrams of the dial of Ahaz, circular ; one has a pointer.
1 83*. I Paral. Full border with medallion of two deer.
Initial. Nimbed beardless man sits writing : eagle on R.
190*. Q, Paral. Full border: medallion. Woman with bow: youth on horse full face, hawk on hand:
soldier in plate armour (these in blue). Camel couchant, lion eating deer : ox couchant.
Initial. High priest seated on red and gold drapery, with long rod ; gold ground with blue trellis.
197''. I Esdr. Border with hawk and collared leopard.
Initial. Ezra with long scroll full length : gold ground.
200''. Neh. Border : medallion of hound curled up : horseman with hawk and hounds : hawks on perch
and ducks below.
Initial. Nehemiah half length nimbed, with scroll.
304^ 3 Esdr. Border of clusters of grapes (in black and gold) on solid band of red and gold, green vine
branches twined round it.
Initial. Half-length nimbed man with scroll.
307. Tobit. Border with medallion of couching deer.
Initial. Half-length prophet with scroll ; green ground, patterned.
3IO^ Judith. Border.
Initial. Judith half length, rich robe with gold pattern, and scroll.
NICOLAUS DE LYRA 85
214*. Esther. Border.
Initial. Esther nimbed full length in purplish robe, green-lined sleeves : diadem and scroll.
3l7^ Job. Border.
Initial. Job nimbed half length, crowned, in rich red and gold robe with scroll : blue ground.
338, Psalter prol. Fine border, with hawks ; medallion of collared hound (head only), hawks, and ducks
in water.
Initial. Beardless prophet half length with scroll : very fine.
239. BeeUus uir. Fine border. Medallions of busts of. a youth or girl with diadem and white collared
shirt or doublet ; one on L. full face, the other turned to L. : gold ground.
Initial. Christ seated with book blessing. Gold ground.
250*. Dominus illuminatio. Border.
Initial. Beardless prophet, with scroll, nimbed, points to his eye : blue ground.
2^6*. Dixi custodiam. Border.
Initial. Beardless prophet half length in blue cap.»
263". Dixit insipiens. Border.
Initial Fool, bald, with stick : half length: blue ground.
277*. Exultate. Border: medallion of man in blue in kneeling attitude.
Initial. David beardless half length with harp : blue ground.
285''. Cantate. Border : medallion of wolf catching hare, amid flowered grass.
Initial. Surpliced cleric, half length, singing from book on desk on R.
292. Dixit dominus. Border: medallion of squirrel.
Initial. Christ seated with book blessing.
Vol. II.
1'. ProL to Proverbs. Fine full border with arms as in Vol. I : duck and hawks.
Initial. Solomon beardless, crowned, not full length : book on knee : points to R., blue ground.
*\J,^. EccUsiastes. Border : panels of gold work of oriental aspect on grey-blue ground.
Initial. Rather coarse. Solomon half length with scroll : green ground with red flowers.
19*. Cantica. Border: gold grapes: a remarkable panel of white feathery pattern on deep blue.
Initial. Solomon pointing to R. Deep blue ground.
24*. Wisdom. Border.
Initial. Bearded man faces R. with scroll, half length : blue ground.
33. Ecclus. Border. Crested hawk in gold. Medallion of man about to mount a white horse with red
saddle, among trees.
Initial. Old nimbed bearded man, half length, with scroll : green ground with red flowers.
58*. Isaiah. Border : swans in medallions.
Initial. Isaiah in girdled blue robe over red, with scroll. Gold ground.
♦6a^ Vbion of Isaiah, by another hand, pale colours, no ground. God seated with orb, a building (the
temple) below His feet. In air on either side a seraph (head with six wings, in red).
82. Two coloured diagrams of the dial of Ahaz, circular.
96*. Jer. Border, medallion of hart running to L. among trees : a hound's head, just catching it.
Initial. Jeremiah half length, nimbed, beardless, in red cap with scroll, blue ground.
116''. Lamentations. Border, red roses on panels.
Initial. Head of Jeremiah bearded, nimbed : blue ground.
119*". Banuh. Border: white patterns on blue.
Initial. Baruch nimbed in cap looks to L., with scroll : bust.
121*. Epistle of Jeremy. Border, hawks in medallions, one with green serpent's neck and erected head.
Initial. Bust of Jeremiah with scroll.
122'. Ezek. Border, dragon and red bird in medallions.
Initial. Ezekiel beardless in red shading his eyes and looking up : half length, blue ground.
*I23*. Vision of Ezekiel. Oblong picture. Above, God on lion-throne holding orb and tree. Ground
gold with blue trellis. Red clouds below His feet. Below, blue ground. In c. six-winged four-headed
cherub. Below a medallion (blank, partly inscribed with explanation) : R. and L. rocks.
86 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
*I23\ Vision. Full page: frame inscribed with sham Cufic letters in gold on white ground. The
general arrangement as in the last : but the cherubs are four separate figures with heads of lion, man, ox, and
eagle. Below them a blank medallion, and rocks ; a very gorgeous composition.
126. Diagram of temple. 138*, 139*, I39^ I4I^ 142, 143, further plans and diagrams: on 143'' a view of
the temple as a three-towered edifice. 146''. The altar. I47^ Plan, coloured. I49^ 150*. A large plan.
i5i». Plan of the city.
1^4. Daniel. Border. Medallions of water birds and a sleeping bear.
Bust of Daniel, old, in initial.
id;**. Genealogical table of the Diadochi from Alexander to Antiochus Epiphanes and Ptolemy Philo-
metor. Busts of the kings with sceptres in medallions with blue and red ground. Not by the artist of the
borders.
ijo**. Hist. Susan. Border. Bust of Susanna in initial.
l72^ Hosea. Border. Fine patterns on blue ground. Bust of Hosea, old, in cap, with scroll, in initial.
I78\ Joel. Border. Monsters and a fledgling bird in a nest looking at eggs : very good.
Initial : prophet with scroll.
ISC'". Amos. Border. Eagle on rock, and cock feeding.
Prophet in initial.
184. Obadiah. Border. Peacock, collared leopard.
Prophet in initial.
I84^ Jonah. No border: bust in initial.
1 85''. Micah. Partial border and bust in initial.
188. Nahum. Similar, but more important border.
189. Habakkuk. Similar. I90^ Zephaniah. Similar.
I9l^ Haggai. Similar.
192''. Zechariah. Full border with large parrots.
Initial. Zechariah as priest with breast-plate and scroll. Full length.
I97^ Malachi. Small border.
199. I Mace. Border, fine panel of blue patterned.
Nimbed bust with scroll in initial. ,
199''. Genealogical table of the Antiochi, &c., with medallion : by the same hand as \6^^.
3o6^ 3 Mace. Border : half-length figure in initial.
214. Lyra de differentia lat.et heb. Border: medallion of water birds and cock. Bust of aged man
bearded and nimbed, in initial.
Vol. III.
1*. Prol. to Matt. Border with arms : medallions with Gothic letters in gold, g, a, p, g, and monogram of
m. i (?). Head of leopard, head of girl facing L. Medallions of Gabriel and the Virgin kneeling.
Initial. Christ seated on vesica with book blessing. Evangelistic emblems above and below.
29. Mark. Border with very large red-winged lion at bottom, with book.
Bust of Mark in initial.
38''. Luke. Border with large winged ox below, with book : bust with ox's head in initial.
36'. Smaller border with similar bust in initial.
50''. John. Border : bust of eagle on gold ground.
Initial. John seated on ground writing : gold ground.
83. Prol. to Canons. Partial border.
87''. Rom. Border. Bust of Paul with sword.
99^ I Cor. Border. Bust of Paul with sword.
112. a Cor. 119''. Gal.
123. Eph. Hart in medallion. 126. Phil. 128. Col. Red border.
129''. 1 Thess. Partial border : initial of Paul. 131''. 2 Thess.
132*. I Tim. 135. 2 Tim. 136''. Titus. I37^ Philemon. 138. Heb.
154''. Acts. Hawk in border. Nimbed bust in initial.
NICOLAUS DE LYRA 87
17 a*'. Prol. to James. Border. Beardless bust in initial.
175\ 1 Pet. Bust of Peter. lySK i Pet. Similar.
iSo\ I Jo/t. Eagle head and bust. 184. a 5^<?A. Bust of John. iS^\ ^ JoA. No picture.
j84\ yue/e. Dragon in initial.
*l85^ Apoc. Splendid eagle with book in border. Demi-eagle with scroll in initial.
The decoration is very splendid : but especially noteworthy are the studies of birds and beasts which
occur in the borders.
32-37. COLON N A MISSAL.
Vellum, 370 X 260 mm., six volumes.
The volumes were in the Sciarra-Colonna Library at Rome until 1874 at least : they
were seen there in that year by Mr. J. W. Bradley.
What I offer here is a mere description of this famous set of books. Anything in the
nature of a critical study of them must be the work of one who is an expert in the art of
the Italian Renaissance.
33. Vol. I. Binding : red morocco with gold tooling : central oval, bearing the crowned column of the
Colonnas, surmounted by a cross : probably of cent xvii.
Collation, i fly-leaf, a" b" (wants ic) c" (i, a cane) d" ( + 1) e" P" g» (wants 2) h« i" (10 cane.) k'*
P* m'* (10 cane), ff. 1 : i-cvii.
Contents :
Index missanim quf continentur in hoc uolumine. In pritnis i
Missa dominice prime adu(e)ntus, fol. i.
Missa sancti stephani prothomartyris, fol. xxi.
Missa sancti ioannis euangeliste, fo. Ixi.
Missa sancti ioannis baptiste, fo. 79.
Text, 15 lines to a page : very large Italian Gothic hand.
The verso of the fly-leaf is blank.
f. !•. A magnificent page, the work of a supremely skilful artist. A broad frame edged, and divided, by
plain gold bands surrounds it, running to the very edge of the leaf. This frame is divided into four long fields
occupying the main part of the four sides and four rectangular angle spaces. The ground, little of which is
seen, b of all gay colours, blended so as to represent some rich marble. In the angle spaces and in the middle
of each side is an oval or circular medallion representing a classical cam^o with white figure on black ground.
These cameos represent (L. from top) :
I. A cupid on a sea-horse.
3. Apollo, with bow and arrow in either hand, the Python (a dragon) at his feet.
3. Orpheus, nude, with wreath, playing the fiddle : Cerberus looking out of a cave in a rock on R.
(r. from top) :
4. Triton (half fish). Amphitrite on his back, a cupid playing with his tail : or Neptune and Amymone.
5. Apollo pursuing Daphne, who is changing into a laurel-tree.
6. The rape of Ganymede. A youth below, holding a dog in a leash, and another seated on R., both
looking up.
Alternating with these are medallions representing gold coins, two at each side and one at top. The
latter has on it a beardless head facing L.
On L. the 'coins ' represent : i. Europa on the bull.
2. A woman, perhaps Myrrha, changing into a tree : a bearded man on
R. embraces her. A river-god, with comucopiae, reclining on L.
88 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On R. they show : i. Pluto carrying off Proserpine in a biga.
3. Demeter with torch in her car drawn by serpents.
The centre of the lower margin is occupied by the Colonna arms surmounted by a cardinal's hat set on
blue ground with gold flourishing, within a circular frame of two gold bands, the ground between, red, set
with gold ornaments, pearls, and other jewels.
The intervening spaces are filled with genii, satyrs, harpies, sphinxes, &c., admirably painted, some of
which serve to support the medallions and ' coins '.
Within the frame :
At top an oblong panel of dark blue with gold flourishing, bearing the title, in gold :
Dominica tertia de ad\uentu statio ad sanctum | Petrum. Introitus,
Below this the text. Gaudete in domino semper, etc., in ordinary ink.
The initial is set in a large rectangle. Gold ground, with genii, and woman growing out of conventional
foliage. A central oval surmounted by a scallop shell containing a bust of Serapis. Jewels. In the oval a
miniature of St. John Baptist, half length, a handsome boy with light brown hair and skin robe. He leans his
R. elbow on a marble sill in front. His R. hand points to a cross of sticks held in his L. hand, which rests on
a sleeping lamb. A scroll lies on the sill (f)CCE • A1fi{gmis dei). Behind, on L., is a rock, and on R. a land-
scape with water and mountains.
In the pages that follow there is a long series of important initials with bands or panels of ornament,
detached, in the margin. These are painted with great skill, but are undoubtedly the work of an inferior
artist. The style is, of course, Renaissance classical.
Jewels, medallions, and cameos are of frequent occurrence, and we have also natural foliage, birds, and
insects.
One striking and offensive feature is the occurrence of grounds shot with gold lines. These occur also in
thePsalter ofPaul III.
I shall not attempt to describe these initials and ornaments in detail, but to specify the subjects or the more
striking features which occur in them :
i^ Mitre. St. Peter with keys. Initials, P.C.C. (Pompeius Cardinalis Colonna).
ii*. Bust of Virgin with palm.
ii*". Virgin with vessel (Magdalene). Cameos, Hercules and Judith (?).
iii*. Cameo. Fa9ade of classical church, with pediment.
iii*. St. Paul. Good.
iv*. Cameo of warrior.
vi*. Cameo. Colonna arms.
viii*. Priest at altar. Good.
ix». Bust of warrior. Cameo, nude woman with lyre seated on rock.
x". Unusual style of colour.
xi*. Cameo. Youth and maid join hands before Cupid.
xi*". Cameos in green and red.
xii**. Bust of youth on dark ground in costume contemporary with the artist : very good. Two small
cameos.
xiii*. Cameo. Head of youth.
xiv». Cameo. Pope in prayer.
xvii'. Cameo. Christ preaching.
xvii^ Cameo. Judith and Holofernes : two other small cameos.
xviii. Cameo. Colonna arms and two figures, one with aplustre.
xviii^ In the initial two Hebrew words, XVNJ and 'nh'M.
xxi. Mass of St. Stephen. A large initial by the first and best artist. It measures 55 x 58 mm. The
frame is plain gold. The ground marbled, as on f. i. Four genii surround the central picture. The two at top
each hold a stone in one hand, and with the other support a golden crown in c. Of the two below, the one
on L. supports a green bas-relief in gold frame, representing the stoning of Stephen. The other embraces
a basket full of stones.
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The central picture represents Stephen on one knee, with hands slightly extended : stones on his head and
shoulders. He is young and vested in a gold dalmatic. A landscape behind.
At the R. of the initial is a clever piece of painting representing a wound in the vellum, the torn and
crumpled edge of the initial protruding.
A band of ornament, which may be by the second hand, runs down the page on L.
xxi**. Has some of the curious light colouring noted on -v".
xxii^ Cameo in blue, the Presentation.
xxvi*. Phoenix in red.
xxviii. Cameo. Priest with chalice. Colonna arms. Tiara.
xxviii\ Cameo. Priest with chalice.
xxxvi. A cupid peeps out of the initial.
xxxviii {Camm of the Afass). An important initial, with massive gold frame : dark blue, dark red, and
gold within. A central cameo of Christ on the cross. Behind the latter is the column, surmounted bj- the
crown of thorns — an allusion to the Colonna arms. This'initial is of decidedly inferior execution.
The initials are of the plainer type (gold, dark red, dark blue) up to f. 1.
On lii is a very bad piece of ornament : another by the same hand on f. liv.
Ixiii. An open book ; clever.
Ixviii*, Noteworthy ornament.
Ixxviii''. Blank.
Ixxix. Afass of St. John Baptist. Another magnificent piece of work by the best artist. The general
arrangement is the same as for f. i, but here the framing is in dark blue and the ground is plain gold.
The scheme of decoration is very different : the motives mainly drawn from Egyptian art— very likely the
first instance of its treatment by a European hand — with some excursions into classical antiquity.
Kach of the four sides shall be described separately.
Top (reading the whole way across).
L. comer. A man facing R., and blue vase.
C. Inc. a bas-relief, blue ground, gold figures, green frame. A woman making an offering to a bull (Apis).
An Egyptian crown between them. Back to this, on either side, are two cats, each with one paw touching
a vase. At the ends are two Egyptian crowns.
K. comer. A lion facing I..
Left side, from top. The Column of Trajan, with two genii seated on the base, below it a relief, white
figures on back: seated man facing a baboon-god. Next a green (bronze) 'term' of Jupiter Ammon, with
hieroglyphics (pronounced by experts to be ' bogus ') inscribed on it.
A relief, gold figure on red.
A seated baboon-god holding two blue sceptres.
Right side. A granite obelisk inscribed with hieroglyphics : two genii on the base of it. A blue and
gold hanging is behind it, and above this are two upright bronze reliefs, with winged figures.
Below, a relief, with three white Egyptian figures on black ground.
A red medallion, Deo Sarapidi, with rayed bust of Serapis, supported by genii ; on either side is a blue
female ' term '.
A relief in yellow : woman, with sistrum, reclining : a swan on L.
Two granite statues of a lion-headed and a dog-headed god : between them a relief (gold on black) of
a bearded god : hieroglyphics.
The base of this is purple and has hieroglyphics.
Lower margin (across the page).
L. corner. Statue of Osiris (?) holding crux ansata, green hanging behind.
C. In c. the Colonna arms, two genii above with cardinal's hat.
R. and u, facing inwards, two black sphinxes, with gold hieroglyphics on their bases. On the back
of each a genius holding the strings of the hat.
Above these, on L. and R., are two oblong tablets (dark red, with blue frames), inscribed in gold capitals :
(L.) -DIVO- (R.) -CARDINAL!-
•POMPEIO- -COLVMN^-
N
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The R. lower corner, in a green (bronze) frame, a relief (gold figure on dark red ground, with gold dots)
of a Pharaoh (?), seated, facing L., with sceptre : on L. a square pillar with a vase on the top.
Within the frame :
At top, a band of dark red, with gold flourishing, inscribed in gold :
In natiuitate sancti io/annis baptiste.
Large initial D {toDe uentre ntatris mee uocmiit me), rectangular frame of pale purple : ground gold. The
upright stroke of the D is formed by a figure of Hercules holding up Antaeus. The loop on R. is partly formed
by the figure of the Ephesian Artemis, black and white, many-breasted, two lions on her shoulders, two deer
beside her.
In the central oval a miniature. Zacharias, old, in yellow scarf, red robe, blue skirt, sits on the ground
looking up, pen in hand, to a winged boy on L., who points up. On Zacharias' knee is a scroll inscribed
IDC IJnv (lochanan shemo = John is his name). Behind, on L., a rock ; to R. a landscape.
Ixxxvi. Cameo. A sacrificial scene. In the initial two heads in gold.
xciii*. Two deer.
xcvi. Cameo. A girl's head, and the letters D. A.
Provision is made in the rubrics for the presence of the Pope.
Loose in the volume is an old letter cover. A sua Eccellenza ... II Sig" Principe R. Matteo Barberini
Colonna di Sciarra, Roma, probably of cent, xviii.
Up to f xxxviiii the decoration is by two artists, A (fols. i and xxi) and B. The Canon of the Mass
(f. xxxviiii) has initials by a third and later one, C (gold, dark blue, and dark red), with occasional panels of
ornament very badly done. This goes on to f. 1, where B reappears on a single page : C continues to f. Ixii,
where B resumes : f. Ixxix" is by A : otherwise B continues to f. xcix*" : on f. c, C reappears and finishes the
volume.
33. Vol. II. Binding red leather, with gold tooling, plainer than that of Vol. I, uniform with Vols. Ill to
V. Arms in centre of each side.
Shield of three parts per pale. i. Dexter, six stars of six points within a border. 2. Keys in saltire
with cord connecting them, intersected by an umbrella-shaped canopy on a staff. 3. Sinister, column.
Surmounted by cross crosslet and cardinal's hat.
Collation : i (one : the last leaf of a quire) 2"'-4" 5'* 6" 7 (one) S^^-io" (wants 9, 10) ii"-i9'». 168 ff.
Text, 15 lines to a page.
Contents: f. i" blank.
Ruhr. Feria quarta cinerum ante missam benedicuntur cineres, etc. i**
Fena quarta cinerum Statio ad sanctam Sabinam. Ad missam 8
An important initial, in massive gold frame. In the centre is a gold bas-relief representing a priest com-
municating a congregation (or possibly giving them the ashes) : about it is a purple scroll inscribed in gold
Memento homo quia cinis es et in cinerem reuerteris. The initial is in gold to imitate metal-work : the ground
dark red and dark blue, with gold.
Dominica quarta in quadragesima Statio ad sanctam crucem in ierusalem. Ad missam 29
The initial is of the same general character. In the centre is a gold bas-relief (oval) of the Feeding of the
Five Thousand. Below it is a nude boy kneeling, full face, holding up two fishes in his L. hand, and pointing to
five loaves with his right hand.
f. 50 has been covered with text on both sides, which has been carefully washed off.
f. 5 1, Canon of the Mass. An important initial, in the frame are (at top) the Dove (r. and L.) the Colonna
column and crown (below) a cherub : in white on scarlet ground.
ff. 50-78 are really an intrusion at this place. The text of 49'' is continued on 79 : but has been erased
to the extent of ten lines. A patch (now mostly removed) was pasted over it. It is followed by :
In die palmarum completa tertia et aspersione aque, etc. (Blessing of Palms) 79
On f. 100 is a good piece of ornament by the second artist of Vol. I (B) : also on f. 101.
f. 103. Mass of Palm Sunday.
The initial has a gold bas-relief of the Entry into Jerusalem, held by a cherub. A gold processional
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cross, palms, the Colonna shield, and a green hat, are above and below. The ground is mainly blue, with
green branches.
103''. Cameo. Priest at altar.
127''. Cameo. The body of Jesus supported by a boy angel. In the initial a red angel adoring.
las'". In green : priest at altar. Again on 130, 133*.
lag^. Remarkable ornament with a globe bearing a column.
132. Initials P. C. C.
134*. Medallion in gold, head of an emperor, laureate, facing R.
138''. Remarkable design in white on gold.
Feria quinta in cena domini (title in blue and gold) 140
The initial has a gold bas-relief of the Last Supper, held by a cherub, in front of whose body is a cross.
The initial is in ' metal-work ' on dark red ground with green and white outside.
141''. Medallion: an apostle reading : good: marbled ground.
I44^ Medallion : John Baptist, a youth pointing to a cross which he holds, scroll ECCE . FIDES . D.
148. Cameo. Emperor with veiled head.
149. Another.
151. Gold : head of a youth.
159. Camaleu gris : head of an emperor.
The ornament of Vol. II up to f. 100 is by the iAird artist of Vol. I (C). After f. 100 it is by the second
(B) : with the exception of three or four of the large initials which are by C, and arc of the common type —
gold frames, gold on dark blue and dark red.
34. Vol. Ill is uniform in respect of binding, script, and (generally) decoration with Vol. II.
CoUatioH. 1- a'" 3»o 4«-8« 9" ic' u" 12* (wants 4) : 87 fT.
Contents : The first leaf (unnumbered) blank.
In natiuitate domini in prima missa. Statio ad sanctam mariam maiorem. Introitus i
Dominus dixit ad me.
A large initial. An angel holding a blue tablet (supported by his R. leg) with gold frame inscribed in
gold : Gloria in altissimis deo.
Initial in gold behind him : green and gold ground within, red and gold outside : frame blue and gold.
i*. Medallion in green. 1. Apollo flaying Marsyas (a satyr).
2. A seated man with a lyre : nude woman by him.
Cameo : the Father with orb, blessing.
ii. Camateu gris. Paul and a king (Titus) reading. Initial to the Epistle (taken from the Epistle to Titus).
iii*". Green : priest at altar : also vi, &c.
ix\ Colonna arms: initials P. C. C: beautiful colour.
xiv*. Tiger-moth.
In secunda missa xvii
Lai^e initial : gold bas-relief of the shepherds : rays above.
xli*. Blank.
xlii. Canon of the Mass. Large initial : central relief, gold figures on green : a Pieta of two figures.
The words of institution are here in gold. In Vols. I, II they are in black: in IV, V, VI they are thus
treated : in IV red capitals, in V red for the Host, black for the chalice, in VI in large red Gothic script.
A long interval with only ordinary initials.
f. Ixviii. Blank.
Ad missam maiorem Ixix
A large initial : gold bas-relief of the Adoration of the Shepherds. Below it a nude cherub with purple
scroll inscribed in gold : Et vcrbuni caro fa{c)tum est. Ground dark blue, red, green. Initial in gold.
Ornamented initials follow.
Ixxix. In gold : the three Graces.
Grisaille : a sacrificial scene.
Ixxix^ Two cameos.
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Ixxx**. Heads on green.
The foliation goes to Ixxxv. The first and last leaves (blank) are not numbered.
The ornament is thus distributed :
flf. i-xvi (Missa in aurora) : work by the second artist of Vols. I-II (B).
xvii-lxviii (secunda missa) : work by the third artist (C).
Ixviiii-end (maior missa) : work by the second artist (B).
35. Vol. IV is uniform in respect of binding and ornamentation with the preceding volumes, but is written
in a fine upright Roman hand.
There are sometimes 16, but usually 15, lines to a page.
Collation, i fly-leaf. i*-ia* (wants 7, 8). i+94ff.
Contents : on the last page is a table in the same hand as the text :
Index missarum quae \ continentur in hoc u6\liiniinc. In primis \
i. Missa Resurrectionis domini, fol. i.
ii. Missa Ascensionis domini, fol. li.
iii. Missa in die sancto Pentecostes, fol. Ixi.
iiii. Missa sanctissim^ Trinitatis, fol. Ixxiiii.
V. Missa sacratissimi corporis Christi, fol. Ixxxiii.
f. 94. loannes Rochus uenetus, Capellae sanctissimi domini nostri Pauli Papae quarti scriptor. Anno a
partu virginis .M. D. LV. scribebat. Quarti is written over an erasure : but, as I believe, by the hand that
wrote the rest of the colophon. Rochus may have been writer to Paul III (d. 1550) as well as Paul IV
(1555-9), •" whose first year this book was written, or finished, and may not have become accustomed to the
change at once.
Dominica resunectionis i
Initial : a boy angel looks through the loop of the gold R, holding a pink scroll (which occupies a large
part of the composition) inscribed in gold : Expurgate vetus fcnucntuni ut sitis nova conspersio. The main
ground is blue, the border green edged with scarlet, the frame gold.
The initials that follow are of the commoner type : letters in gold, set on square grounds of dark red and
blue, with gold flourishing, variously divided.
f. XXV. Canon of the Mass. A boy angel kneels, embracing the initial : a pink scroll, as before, inscribed
in gold : Memento nostri domine in beneplacito poptdi tui.
In die ascensionis • li
A boy angel in the initial : green scroll, inscribed in gold : Ite predicate cvangelium omni creature.
In die sancto Penthecostes Ixi""
A boy angel : red scroll, inscribed in gold : Si diligitis me mandata mea servate.
In festo sanctissimae Trinitatis Ixxiv''
A boy angel in prayer : blue scroll, inscribed in gold : Habete pacem in vobis et deus pads erit vobiscum.
In solennitate sacratissimi corporis Christi Ixxxiii
A boy angel on one knee holding a monstrance with the Host : purple scroll, inscribed in gold : Hie est
panis qui de celo descendit.
I notice that in this volume, and the other written in Roman hand (Vol. VI), the initials are distinguished
by small gold circles painted on the frames : but I cannot discern that the illumination is by a diff"erent hand
from that employed on the same type of initial in the other volumes. The decoration is wholly in the manner
of the artist C.
36. Vol. V. Uniform in binding and decoration with the last, but in Gothic script. 15 lines to a page.
Collation, i fly-leaf, i'' a^" 31" 4^ 5"-7i'' 8*-i8* I9''' 20" 21^ 22"-a5'" 26^ 27!" (wants 10). i + 165 fif.
There is no old foliation.
Contents : the fly-leaf is blank.
In festo assumptionis beate marie virginis (title in red and blue) 1
Initial. A marble vase : purple scroll, inscribed in gold : Quasi oliva speciosa in cantpis : branches of
olive and rose and palm. At top, a gold bas-relief of the Assumption.
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In festo natiuitatis uirginis marie 35
In the initial : a blue and gold armillary sphere at bottom. A gold tablet, in red frame, inscribed in
black : Necdttm era(tt)t abyssi et ego iam concepta eram. At top, a gold bas-relief of the birth of the Virgin, in
red frame.
In annuntiatione beate Marie uirginis 55
Gold bas-relief of the Annunciation in white frame. Purple scroll, inscribed in gold : Ecce ancilla
dommi.
f. 75. Canon of the Mass. Central gold bas-relief of the Pieta, John attending, and the angels behind.
In festo sancte marie magdalene loi
Central gold bas-relief of Magdalene washing Christ's feet. At the bottom, on a red tablet, in gold:
Remit tuntur tibi peccata tua.
In dedicationc b. Michaelis archangeli 125
In the initial are two gold lozenge-shaped tablets : the upper a gold bas-relief of Michael holding the
scales and piercing the devil. The lower inscribed in black : Angcli lortun semper vidcnt facicm patris met.
In festo S. Antonij abbatis 146
A central gold bas-relief (oval) of St. Antony, with crutch-staflT and book ; a fire on L. Above and
below, in gold on red : S. Antani / ora pro «./
All the other initials are of the ordinary type : gold on dark blue or red, and gold.
37. Vol. VI. The binding is black, with gold tooling and central oval of the Colonna arms, more like
Vol I than the rest.
At the top of the front cover is the lettering:
Missa pro defunctis.
The script is Roman, like that of Vol. IV : 15 lines to a page.
Collation. i*-j* (wants 5) 4»-7". 55 ff. No old foliation.
Contents : —
Missa in agenda pro mortuis i
Large initial R (Requiem). Near the base an oval gold bas-relief, in white frame : in it, on L., a circular
temple (another temple seen beyond) : two men bearing offerings ; on k., a battle, a man lying dead in front.
A blue scroll, inscribed in gold : Salnbris est cogi[la)tio pro dcfuntis exorarc. A skull is among the convolu-
tions of the scroll. The inscription indicates that the bas-relief represents Judas Maccabaeus making offerings
for the dead.
f. ai. CanoH of thi- Mass. In the initial a gold bas-relief representing the moment before the raising of
Lazarus. In a hall, the closed sarcophagus in the centre. Jesus, with raised hand, and the Apostles, on L. :
Mary, .Martha, and other women on R. A blue scroll, inscribed in gold : Ego sum rcsurrectio et vita.
There are special Collects and Secreta for a Pope and a Cardinal priest, and an anniversary office for the
latter, which ends imperfectly f. 55^
The initials, except the two described, are of the type already noticed, with the distinguishing characteristic
noted in the description of Vol. IV.
The contents of the six volumes, summarized, are as follows :
Vol. I. Masses for 3rd Sunday in Advent.
St. Stephen.
St. John Evangelist.
St. John Baptist (Nativity oQ.
Vol. II. Office of Blessing the ashes on Ash Wednesday.
Mass for Ash Wednesday.
4th Sunday in Lent.
Palm Sunday.
Maundy Thursday.
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Vol. III. The three Christmas Masses.
Vol. IV. Masses for Easter day. (Roman script.)
Ascension.
Whit-Sunday.
Trinity.
Corpus Christi. ^
Vol. V. Masses for the Assumption ]
Nativity [• of the Virgin.
Annunciation J
for St. Mary Magdalene.
St. Michael.
St. Antony.
Vol. VI. Masses of the Dead. (Roman script.)
There is no reason to suppose that a series of volumes on this scale, covering the whole year, was
contemplated. The greater feasts and solemnities, and the saints to whom the owner was especially bound,
are all that need have been provided for. But even so, the series is not complete, and is anything but uniform.
It is curious, for instance, that such feasts as the Purification, SS. Peter and Paul, and All Saints should be
omitted. And it is still more noteworthy that two of the volumes should be in a totally different script from
the rest, viz. (IV and VI) : one of these is dated (1,555) ^"d signed by Jo. Rochus. and I see no reason to
doubt that the other is by the s^me scribe. It seems to me, moreover, that both these volumes were definitely
meant to form part of our set, for they do conform to the rest in size, number of lines, and style of ornament.
There can be little doubt that other portions of the series exist in Italian libraries, public or private.
The ornament, of course, is a central point of interest. A rough general survey of it gives these results :
Vol. I. Three pages by an artist of the first class (A).
A number of initials and ornaments by an inferior but very skilful artist (B).
A number of initials (gold, dark red, dark blue) by a good illuminator (C).
Vol. II. Work by B and C. B chiefly in the latter part of the book. Gold bas-reliefs in initials.
Vol. III. Work by B and C. Gold bas-reliefs. Most minor initials are of C-type.
Vol. IV. Roman script, 1555. Work by C, but instead of bas-reliefs, the designs are of boy angels and
scrolls. All minor initials of C-type.
Vol. V. Gothic script, as Vols. I-III. Bas-reliefs and scrolls. All minor initials of C-type.
Vol. VI. Roman script, presumably 1555. Bas-reliefs and scrolls. All minor initials of C-type.
In other words, the artist A appears only in Vol. I : the most characteristic work of B disappears after
Vol. Ill, so that I am uncertain whether what remains is by him : but the work of C appears to go through
the whole six volumes.
Vols. I-III are further distinguished from the rest by the fact that in them, and not in the rest, do the
initials P. C. C. occur.
Provisionally I suggest that Vols. I-III and V were written at the same time: that the illumination
of none of them was carried out on the lines laid down by Cardinal Pompeo : Vol. I was nearly completed ;
II, III were ornamented next, rather less ambitiously: V, which had been left unornamented for some little
time, was ornamented when IV and VI had been written.
Pompeo Colonna, raised to the Cardinalate in 151 7, died in 1532, and I think it a possible inference from
the appellation Divus prefixed to his name in Vol. I that he was dead when that inscription was written.'
Twenty-three years, therefore, had elapsed before the whole set of volumes was put into the shape in which we
have it ; and while it is not impossible that a single illuminator should have had a hand in the decoration of
all the six, I have seen nothing to forbid the supposition that the initials due to the artist C were all executed
at the same time : in other words, that no 'one of the four earlier volumes was completed, and that in 1555
' This is by no means certain. Dionora, Duchess of Urbino, is styled Diva in inscriptions in a Book of Hours which there
is every reason to suppose was done in her lifetime.
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Rochus was employed to put in the initials that were wanted, and to add the two volumes in Roman script.
This is, on the whole, the most probable view.
The recent publication of M. Leon Dorez, Le Psautur de Paul III, gives valuable examples of the work
which was being done at Rome at this period. The decorator of the Psalter in question is shown by M. Dorez
to have been Vincent Raymond, of Lodeve. His work has points of resemblance — even strong resemblance —
to that of the artist in our books whom I have called B : but it is not, in my opinion, possible to assign any
of the work before us to Raymond. He h£is a constant and peculiar method of fashioning his initials : they
are composed of facetted stalks — I cannot find another description for them — springing out of white calyxes.
This fashion appears nowhere in our books. He is fond, it is true, of introducing imitations of carved gems
on which scenes are represented, and the general effect of his work resembles that of our Vols. I and \\ ; but this
is no more than natural in the case of two artists working contemporaneously at very similar tasks.
Mr. J. W. Bradley, who has made a most careful study of these volumes, and whose opinion on the question
is of great weight, is inclined to suggest that Giulio Clovio is the author of the very best work in these books,
and that the second artist is Apollonio dei liuonfratelli.* He would attribute more work to A than I have
ventured to do: namely, in Vol. I, ff. i, 3, 8, II^ 13'', 21, 29'', 30, 79: in Vol. HI, pp. 3, 104, 135, 144, and
possibly the design of 130 and 133.
38. HORAE (GALIOT DE GENOUILLAC).
Vellum, 259x165 mm., ff. 4+137, 20 lines to a page. Cent, xvi early, in a large
Gothic hand.
Binding : fine light-brown morocco, with gold tooling : the central panel on each cover
sem^e with interlaced C's. Two clasps.
It was lot 601 in the Henry Perkins sale, June 1873 : an outline engraving of the
frontispiece is in the Sale Catalogue.
Collation, a* (1 lines cover) i« a'(+i*) 3* 4*-6* 7" «" (+'*) 9* (+1) 10" (+1) ii» ( + 1) 12" i3» (+1*)
14*- 1 7* 18* b* (2 lines cover).
Contents : Kalcndar in Latin, in red, blue (alternate lines), and gold ; 2 months on a page i
5*. Blank. Picture, 5^
Sequences of the Gospels 6
Obsecro te, lo. O intemcrata, 13. Stabat mater, 15.
Hours of the Virgin, i;*". Use of Rome: with Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Ghost and of the
Conception of the Virgin.
79». Blank. 79^ Picture.
Seven Psalms and Litany 80
Office of the Dead 95
Memoriae, 126''. The Trinity, SS. Michael, John Baptist, John Evang., Peter and Paul, James, Sebas-
tian, Christopher, Claudius, Hubert, Magdalene, Anne, Katherine, Barbara, Genevieve.
The Litany invokes Louis, Claude, Radegund, Genevieve, Clara, Elizabeth.
The owner of the book was Jacques Galiot de Ricard de Gourdon-Genouillac, who was born at Assier
(Aveyron) in 1465, was Ecuyer d'^curie du roi, Senechal d'Armagnac, Grand maitre d'artillerie (1512), Conseiller
d'etat, Chambcllan, Chevalier de I'ordre (1.526). He died in 1546, and was buried at Assier, where his tomb is
still to be seen.'
The decoration is good of its kind : borders of classical architecture in fluid gold : initials, in which the
Gothic feeling survives : pictures carefully but not well painted. The landscapes seem to me much the best
part of the work.
*5*. Frontispiece, full page. The scene a large classical hall, with panels of coloured marbles. On L. kneels
' See Montfaucon's Monumens de la Monarchit, iv, pi. 51, p. 366.
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Jacques Galiot, beardless, dark-haired, in black cloak with brown fur tippet, and red hose, on a blue cushion,
before a bench of wood, with a book and a black hat on it. On R. stands his patron, St. James the Great,
habited as a pilgrim, with staff and open book.
Below, arms, supported by angels : quarterly, i and 3 az. three stars of five points or per pale, a and 4
gules, three bends or.
6. Sequences of the Gospels. Architectural frame. Arms, supported by angels, at the bottom. Half-
page picture. John on Patmos in a landscape, with a water-wheel in the distance. The Eagle sits on a rock
by him ; he writes on a scroll on his knee and looks towards a vision in the sky of the Virgin and
Child, rayed.
10''. Obsecro tc. Small picture. The Virgin, crowned, with the Child, stands on the crescent on a gold
ground, rayed, dying into red, and surrounded by blue clouds.
13. O intcmerata. In text. The Virgin and Child seated in a room : a loggia looking out on a land-
scape. On L. kneels Galiot, habited as before.
15''. Stabat mater. Framed page : half-page picture. Pieta. The Cross in c. ; John kneels on L., Mag-
dalene on R.
17^ Hours of the Virgin. Frontispiece, full page, framed. Jesse-tree, in gold, on blue ground. The
Virgin and Child, half length, at top, in an oval glory. Twelve ancestors, half length, on the branches.
1%. Matins. Framed. Half-page picture, the Annunciation. On a pavement : a building with classical
and Gothic detail on R. The angel, on one knee, on L. The Father in the sky, and Dove on ray. Landscape.
Arms and cherubs below.
SI*". Lauds. Bordered page : three oblong pictures in the border.
{a) Joachim reclines in a field : angel appears to him.
{b) The Visitation.
{c) Meeting of Joachim and Anne.
32". Bordered.
39''. Matins of the Cross. Pictures in border.
{a) Bearing the Cross. The Virgin follows.
{b) Crucifixion, with Mary and John.
{c) Entombment.
40*. Bordered : natural flowers.
40''. Matins of tlie Holy Ghost. Pictures in border,
(fl) The Dove in a glory.
{b) The Virgin and holy women kneeling.
(<r) The Apostles (half length) looking up.
The whole representing Pentecost.
*4i*. De conceptione. Pictures in border.
{a) The Virgin in a glory.
{b) The thief Ebbo, in shirt, kneeling by a gallows, with broken rope on it. The Virgin and Child
in the sky.
{c) The abbot Elsin (a monk) in prayer in a sinking ship. The Virgin and Child in the sky.
4^^ Prime. Full page, framed. The Virgin (r.) and Joseph adore the Child under the broken thatch of tJie
stable roof. A pack-saddle lies near. Ox and ass. A blue angel in the sky.
43'. Framed: half page. Group of four angels in clouds, with scrolls {Gloria— deo). The clouds are
dotted with cherubs.
48''. Tierce. Framed : full page. Shepherds (four) in landscape : angel in sky with blank scroll.
49*. Framed : half page. Another scene of the angel and shepherds : there are seven figures in various
parts of the picture, and a city gate. The angel is very small.
54''. Sext. Adoration of the Magi. All the figures, including Joseph, who is some way off, are in white.
The Virgin kneels, holding the Child over a small white altar panelled with red marble, in C.
59". None. Framed : half page. Presentation. Joseph kneels, with candle and doves. The Virgin also
kneels. Symeon, mitred, holds the Child on the altar. Almost all the draperies are white.
HORAE (GALIOT DE GENOUILLAC) 97
64*. Vespers. Framed : full page. The Flight. Joseph leads the ass to L. In the distance are the
husbandman and the soldiers. The landscape is very good.
65». Framed, with arms and angels at the bottom : picture more than half page. Herod, throned, in C,
with four courtiers by him. In front, the massacre — two soldiers and four women. The scene is a hall, open
to L., with elaborate pavement.
7a\ Compline. Full page : framed. The death of the Virgin. Her soul in a glory above. Peter, with
aspergillum, John, and another Apostle with a cross are conspicuous. In front, an Apostle reading ; another
on one knee, weeping.
73. Framed : more than half-page picture. Coronation of the Virgin. On R. the Father, in tiara, with
orb. stands blessing, a gold throne behind Him. The Virgin kneels before Him : three angels crown her. The
background is glory and clouds.
79*. Seven Psalms. Framed, with arms and angels : full page. David in prayer in a fine courtyard with
a classical cloister. A canopy behind him. An angel in air, holding an arrow, a birch rod, and a sword.
. 94''. Office of the Dead. Full page, framed, with ariVis and cherubs. The three young men riding to L.,
and looking back back to R.. in fear : a white hound in front. The most conspicuous of the young men wears
red top-boots, and his horse (white) is caparisoned with blue and gold. Great pains have been spent on
painting a tree, with autumnal foliage.
9.'J\ Framed : full page. The three Dead, skeletons with shroud and dart, coffin and spade, in a cloi.stered
churchyard. In front is a table-tomb, inscribed : De profoudis clanuni a te. There is a churchyard cross on
L. Skulls and bones lie about.
126*. Memoriae. Framed: half page. The Trinity (Italian). The Father, in tiara, throned, in an
apse. Angels on R. and L.
137V In text. Michael, in gold armour, tramples on the devil.
I37^ .. John Baptist, with book and lamb, in landscape.
ia8. John I-!vangelist, with cup and serpent, in landscape.
138''. ,. Peter and Paul on a pavement: low wall and land.scapc behind.
I39». Framed, with arms and angels. In text. St. James the Great as pilgrim.
1 39^ Larger, in text. St. Sebastian bound to a tree in C. shot by two archers.
130''. ,, ., St. Chri-stopher carrying the Child. Hermit, with lantern, on a rock on R.
i^i*. „ ,, St. Claude in a church, vested as bishop, with cross-staff. On L. a shrouded corpse
rising out of a tomb in the pavement. On R. a bearded man, kneeling : his hands are manacled in one iron :
the projection containing the lock is seen in front.
I33^ Half page. St. Hubert, beardless, in blue tunic (over gold), red top-boots, gold spurs, kneels
to the stag, with crucifix between its horns (on L.). Two white hounds : white horse on R.
133''. Half page. St Mary Magdalene, standing, with casket, in a rocky land.scape.
134. Smaller. St. Anne, seated : the Virgin reading at her knee. Two maidens, with books, stand on L.
. 135. Smaller. St. Katherine. with .sword and book, in a landscape : broken wheel lies on L.
'Si**- <> ^*- Barbara, with palm and book, in a landscape. A tower on k.
136''. „ St. Genevieve, with book and candle, in landscape. In air, a devil with bellows (R.) and
an angel, contending over the candle.
39 HORAE, &c., FLEMISH.
Vellum, 179X 120 mm., ff. 265 (foliated 263), double columns of 32 and 22 lines. Cent, xv
late (1487 ?), in a good Gothic hand.
Modern red velvet binding.
Collation, i* (wants 8) 3 (three left: f. lo should precede f. 9) 3*-ic' (wants 6-8) 11* (wants i, 3) 12'-
\6* 17 (two) (gap I 18 (six) I gap I 19' (wants i, a) 20^-3.5* 36*.
An erasure at top of f. i.
O
98 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Contents :
A Director! um in smaller script than the rest, but the same hand i
In sections : Aduentus domini semper incipit proxima dom. post vi kal. decembris.
De natiuitate domini. De officiis dominicalibus post epyphaniam. De sufifragiis cotidianis et officio
defunctorum. De Ixx" ; and so on through the Proper of Time. On 4^ is the sentence : De hystoriis per
estatem kalendarium require : showing that the book did once contain a kalendar.
Paragraphs on several classes of feasts follow, ending with : Quo ordine memorie dicuntur and De xv
gradibus. This paragraph begins : Cursum b. marie v. cotidie dicimus per totum annum in conuentu uel
priuatim. Some suffrages and collects, pro defunctis, pro uobismet ipsis, pro cunctorum salute uirorum, are
given.
A rubric follows : Item in omnibus festis duplicibus, &c. Cursum b. marie v. non dicimus conuentualiter
sed priuatim.
Tabula vacantiarum. Dominica sequens aureum numerum erit octaua trinitatis 6
Table of golden numbers 7
Two circular diagrams, ad inueniendum aureum numerum and ad inueniendum literam dominicalem.
Beside each is written 1487, which may well be the date of the book.
The larger script begins with f. 8.
Office for Proper of Time 8
Dom. prima aduentus domini ad uesperas.
Cap. Sobrie et iuste
Follow : Ver. Ymnus. Ver.
Ad M{agnificat) ant. Collect, ut infra. Suffragia consueta non dicuntur. Ad comple. Ymn. Ad nunc
{dimitiis). Ad I' (i lectiones) ant. (5)
Cap. Scientes quia hora. Ymn. Ver. Ad b(enedictus) ant. Collec ta Kxcita.
f 10 should precede f 9. After this there is a gap (in the office for Dom. II). Text continues f. 11 in
the Benedictus. The hymn lam bids follows.
Dominicis diebus quando de tempore servatur Ad primam psalmus 11''
Deus deus mens respice, Pss. xxi-xxv, followed by cxvii-cxviii. 3a Quicunque vult.
Dominicis diebus ant. O vera summa sempiterna caritas, and Office 18
Ps. cxviii. 33 Legem pone to 80, and rest of Hour services for Sunday 30''
. Sunday vespers 7,6^
Week-day offices. A kal. Augusti usque ad aduentum 2%^
Compline 4a''
Seven Psalms and Litany, 46. Preces minores, 52. Maiores, 53^
Hymns, 53^ Note Annunc. et visitatio B. M. V., St. Margaret (Ave gloriosa virgo margareta pulchra
cell rosa summo bono freta), Magdalene (Votiua cunctis). Transfiguration (O nata lux), Augustinus pater noster
(Magne pater Augustine).
Ending imperfectly in the Michaelmas hymn, 66''. Gap follows: see f. 119.
Text resumes f. 67 in the office for Christmas.
After 73 is a gap (office for St. John Evangelist missing) : resumes in Octave of Christmas {Cap. Ubi uenit
plenitudo), 74.
106''. Blank.
Easter office 107
After the first leaf of the Ascension office (118) follows the continuation of the Hymns which broke off
with f 66. Hymns for SS. Martha (Martha matrona nobilis), Elizabeth (Ymnum deo vox iocunda), Barbara
(Gratuletur ecclesia). Common of Saints, f. 121, ending imperfectly in Ihesu redemptor omnium, 123*.
f. 1 34 is a single leaf beginning in a capitulum (-erit radix Yesse) with the Advent anthems O sapientia,
&c., on the verso, ending imperfectly in O "rex gentium (lapisque angula-).
It should precede 67, but not immediately.
On 125 is part of the office for Corpus Christi and octave.
f 136 Historiae, and Sundays i-xxiii after Pentecost.
HORAE, ETC., FLEMISH 99
Dedicatio ecclesie 14*5
Proper of Saints. Andrew, 148. Barbara, Nicholas, Concept. B.V. M., Gertrude (Common of Saints
tempore Paschali, i66), Walburga, Servatius, Boniface, Odulph, Visitation, Margaret, Amulph, Magdalene,
Dominic, Transfiguration, Augustine (patris nostri), Remigius, Germanus, Vedast, Bavo, Leger, Francis, Gereon,
Transl. of Augustine, Gallus, Martha, The 11,000, Severinus, Wiilibrord, Elizabeth.
Common of Saints 213
Commemorations of the Virgin ab oct. penthecostes usque ad aduentum at a Purif. usque ad Ixx"*", 304*.
Ab oct. epyph. usque ad purif., 245.
Office of the dead, 248. Commendationes, 258''.
Communia suffragia, 261, for the Cross, the Virgin, SS. Augustine, Margaret, All Saints.
Benedictiones ad matutinas, 263. Two blank leaves follow.
In the Litany : Martyrs — Pontian, Lambert, Thomas, Denis, Boniface, Maurice, Gereon.
Confessors — Augustine (first), Servatius, WilUbrord, Bernard, Francis, Dominic, Anthony, Lebwin, Odulph,
Maurus.
Virgins, &c. — Anne (first), Walburgis, Gertrudis, Katherina, Barbara, Ursula, Elizabeth.
It is deducible from the book that the owner was an Austin canon : his initials were J. G. : his Christian
name was John (he kneels by St, John in one picture). His church was dedicated to St. Barbara, or he had
a special devotion to her : and he lived in Flanders.
The decoration is exceedingly fine of its kind. Mr. Eric Millar, of the British Museum, tells me that in
his opinion it is closely akin to that of Add. MS. 353131 and of a Book of Hours at the Soane Museum.
Borders normally with a single ground-colour — dead gold, green, blue, red — with cut flowers, fruits, insects,
birds. They have no excrescent ornaments and are of varying extent, sometimes confined to two rectangular
patches at top and bottom of the column.
Initials : the larger initials arc in colour on burnished gold, and have internal grounds of red or blue, covered
with very delicate flower-work (usually roses) in dead gold. Smaller initials, in colour, on coloured grounds, or
else in red or blue with pen-work.
Pictures of various sizes, very brilliant and delicate.
The following is a survey of the pictures and of the more important borders and initials:
f. 8\ Full border : poppies, sweet peas, &c. Initial rather coarse.
Il^ Partial border : fine initial.
14'. Two patches of border : red ground, yellow flowers. Very good initial, with pattern on burnished
gold.
ao\ Two patches of border : blue ground, red single pink-blossom.
32*. „ „ red ground.
a4'*- >t » green ground.
»6*. Sunday vesper psalms. Border in geometrical fields, grounds in red, blue, and gold.
Picture (in text). Christ standing under a gold arch, in dark purple robe, blessing: the orb between His
feet. He holds two tables, inscribed in black capitals : Ego sum via ver(i)tas et vita. Green arras behind.
»9'. 30*. 3»'. 33^ 3<5', 39*. 42^ Two patches of border.
46*. Border : dead gold, with some conventional foliage.
Seven Psalms. Picture in text David in red, his harp and crowned hat by him, lies at the foot of a
flight of steps (in a courtyard with a well in it) leading up to a building: at a window are seen two figures,
a king and another. The building, as elsewhere in the book, is carefully painted, and interesting.
53. Fine red border, stippled with gold : iris, pink, other flowers. Remarkable initial, with delicate gold
flower-work on dark red ground.
e;*". Partial green border. Picture in text {Lauds of Christmas). A sibyl, in ermine jacket and red skirt
over blue, stands in a landscape, with raised hand. In the sky the Child appears, surrounded by rays, holding
a cross.
68''. Second Vespers of Christmas. Gold border, with violets, dragon-fly and other insects. Large
picture. The Virgin kneels in c. facing L. The Child lies in an oblong stone manger, surrounded by
seven little kneeling angels : four more in air above. Behind a broken wall on R. the ox and ass kneel,
o 2
loo WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
7a. Green border, with flowers, &c. Small picture in text. Octavian, in gold robe, kneels on R. : the
sibyl stands by him and points to the vision of the Virgin and Child in the sky. Buildings and courtiers on L.
74. Gold border : daisies, &c. Large picture {Epiphany). The Adoration of the Kings : one is a negro.
The Virgin sits by the wall of a stone building. There is a pretty landscape.
86^ A remarkable patch of blue border with gold pattern, and a beautiful initial.
94''. Initial, with ground divided quarterly, red and green.
107.- Easter. Gold border with flowers, and the initials I. G. in white (which frequently occur throughout
the rest of the book).
*Large picture. In frqnt lie three soldiers. In c. Christ, in red robe, carrying resurrection cross and
banner, stands blessing in front of the closed door of the tomb. This is a door in the side of a hillock. It
has two lion-head knockers and an inscription in gold capitals : sepulcruni domini. On L. a landscape, the
three women approaching : a blue city in the distance.
no. Patch of border, red, with sweet-pea blossom.
*i 1 8. Ascension. Border in diagonal bands, green, red, blue : gold buds, flowers, initials J. G. Large
picture. The Mount in the C, with green top and rocky sides. The feet of the ascending Christ above : the
foot-prints not shown. The Virgin (on L., a book on the ground before her) and the Apostles kneel about the
Mount. The landscape is very pretty.
131*. Partial border.
ia6. Green border : cocks and other brightly coloured birds.
1 28''. Patches of border.
♦146. Dedication of Church. Green border with flowers ; initials J. G.
Large picture. A cruciform church, with apse and octagonal central tower with conical tiled roof: lead
roofs on the rest of the building. The north transept is not finished : on the top of it is a huge pair of wheels
for raising stones: against the wall of it is a stall with a man selling candles, &c.
A bishop and clergy, bearing a banner with a figure on it, approach the south transept door. The bishop
touches it with the lower end of his stafT. Green branches and a flag are hung out of the windows of the
tower.
148. St. Andrew. Blue border. Picture in text. St. Andrew, bound to a saltire cross. A figure in red
kneels on R. : four others are present.
*i5o. Gold border, with red flowers (roses and pinks) and birds.
Large picture. St. Barbara, crowned, with palm and book, in gold robe over blue, stands in the angle of
a low grass-topped wall. A canon, in white, with black amess on his shoulders, kneels to her on L. Behind, on
R., she is seen speaking to the workmen who are building a square tower with porch : wheels for raising stones
are on the top. On L. is a red house, gabled, surrounded by a moat.
*i5i''. Border, lozengy, of gold, blue, red, gold, scarlet, gold, green, &c. : in each lozenge a bud or flower
or strawberry. Initials J. G.
Picture in text. St. Nicholas as bishop, blessing : in a building: three nude boys in tub on L.
*i53''. A most beautiful partial border of blue, with gold flower- patterns, imitating tapestry. The
initial is also remarkable.
159''. Gold border : flowers. Picture in text. The Presentation. Maid, with candle and doves.
164. Gold border. Picture in text. The Annunciation. Bed and buffet on R. : prie-dieu in c. Dove
in air. The salutation aue, &c., is written in gold in air.
166^. Partial border, blue.
I72^ Green border. Picture in text. Birth of John Baptist. A good interior. A woman washes clothes
in a tub : a gold dish above the fire-place.
175. Red border. Large picture. Peter and Paul stand under gold vaulting : a blue arras behind, on
which are the initials J. G. in gold.
178. Pink border. Picture in text. The Visitation : two figures in a pretty landscape.
181. Gold border. Picture in te.xt. St. Margaret rising out of the dragon's back : in a building. The
Dove above her head.
I8a^ Blue border : gold stippling. Picture in text. St. Mary Magdalene stands holding brass casket :
HORAE, ETC., FLEMISH loi
a railed grass enclosure, and a railed path with gate. Buildings on R. and L. behind : a monk or friar in white
habit and black hood near a doorway on L.
1 86*. Patches of border : also iSS*".
191. Assumption. Green border : flowers, gold foliage, peacock. Large picture.
The Virgin, borne up by eight angels: a ninth crowns her. The Father, in imperial crown and red and
gold cope, appears in the sky on R. Below is seen the grave with three roses (?) on the edge of it.
♦194. St. Augustine. Gold border: cock, flowers, initials J.G.
Large picture. St. Augustine, in mitre, short black scarf or amess on his shoulders, pink sleeved
tunicle (?) with girdle, over red robe : he stands holding an open book and a heart, and facing L. On
K., behind him, a cherub holds a mitre and pastoral stafl'.
In c, on the edge of a river, sits a small child in purple, holding a ladle : a hole in the ground by him
(into which he is ladling the river, according to the legendary vision seen by Augustine when he was contem-
plating his work on the Trinity). On the river are ships : and towers and mountains and an evening sky are
seen behind. The landscape is charming.
197''. Gold border: flowers, initials. Picture in text. The Birth of the Virgin: very similar to that on
f. lya*".
201''. Dark red border, with gold flowers: striking. Picture in text. St. Michael in plate armour, with
red cloak, stands on the devil with raised sword : in his other hand he has a cross-spear and balances, with two
souls in the bowls : a landscape behind.
*ac6. All Saints. Gold border : flowers, peacock, &c. Large picture.
A landscape : with three processions advancing towards L. In the C. is a mount. In the sky the Father
and Son on a gold throne, and the Dove above. The three processions consist of various orders of saints. The
foremost is headed by the Virgin, crowned : behind her, Peter as Pope, two bishops, one with pincers (Livinus ?),
Jerome as cardinal, with lion ; Charlemagne in armour, with white hound ; Louis, in blue robe, with fleurs-de-
lys ; Maurice in armour, with banner; George (?), with red cross banner; John Baptist, Laurence, another
soldier with a sort of saltire or windmill (Victor?). The second procession consists of Virgins, of whom
only Kathcrine is distinguishable : the third, of monks and friars, Benedictine, Cistercian, Dominican,
Carmelite, Franciscan. At the very end of the Virgins' procession there seem to be prophets and perhaps
Apostles.
309. Yellow border. Picture in text. St. Martin dividing the cloak. A city on L., with towered gate
and wall.
aio''. Bright red border: initials J.G. Picture in text. St. Elizabeth, standing crowned and holding
a crown : blue mantle over black dress, over pink skirt : an arras behind. The frame of the picture represents
metal set with jewels, with a gold inscription at top: SANTA ELIZABET.
♦313. Common 0/ Saints. Bluish border with black stippling : initials J.G. Large picture. Ten saints
in two rows in a landscape. In the front row from L. Adrian in armour, with sword, anvil, and lion, Peter with
key and book, John Baptist, Laurence, John Evangelist with cup. The Canon in surplice and black amess
kneeling by him.
In the back row from L. Augustine as bishop, with a heart ; Barbara with palm, a tower behind her ; Mary
Magdalene with casket ; Elizabeth, crowned and holding a crown, and a bishop without distinctive attribute.
Above this picture, on R., is a label [—J ' — | inscribed in gold capitals with the two words NOSTRI
OF"FICII on either side of a shield az., scourge and three nails proper.
^lJ*'. Patches of border : also 235''.
♦440''. Oj^e of the Virgin. Dark red border, divided into lozenges by gold patterning : crowns and
fleurs-de-lys in the lozenges.
Picture in text. In a church the Virgin stands before an altar with candles and book, a child (?) in red
and white kneels as server, holding something I cannot decipher. Behind, an angel presents another kneeling
figure in a shirt : two angels with a book : two in air with a crown.
♦248. Office of the Dead. Blue-grey border, sweet-pea, &c. : initials. Large picture. A funeral pro-
cession, seven choristers, with cross and two banners, six canons, three wearing and three carrying their
amesses ; the cofl'in borne by four men : six torches : mourners following. The church is on L. : landscape.
I02 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
358^ Commendationes. Black border with gold stippling: gold foliage, gold lions, skull, bones, initials.
Picture in text. Death, a skeleton in shroud, holding a dart, stands over an open grave in a landscape.
The probability is that the bulk was written at Bruges. It is not of absolutely first-class execution, but
extremely fine and interesting. Works by the same illuminator will no doubt be identified by means of the
reproductions given in this catalogue.
40. JOSEPH US.
Vellum, 498x339 mm., ff. 202, double columns of 52 lines. Cent, xii early, in good
upright hand : rather pointed.
Modern morocco binding by F. Bedford.
Apparently no. 554 in the Libri Sale of 1859. Facsimiles in plates x and xxviii of
the Catalogue.
On fly-leaf (xix) Maturin Luvard (??). Cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf feuillets. 2 fo.
historiam or creavit.
Collation, i* (+ i) ii*-xxv* (+ 1).
f. I* is blank.
On i\ Inc. capitula libri primi (title in red capitals).
Capitula of Libb. 1,11.
Title in red and green capitals (alternate lines), occupying | of col. a. In hoc codice | continen|tur Flauii I
losephiHelbreorum | historiogra|phi • ludaicae | antiquitatis | Libri xxB""*'- Belli | vero-Iudaici | cum Romajnis
libri • uii'™ | Incipit prologus.
Historiam conscribere disponentibus . . . comperi • ita conscripta. Expl. prol. a
. Flavii losephi hystoriarum antiquitatis ludaicae a*"
*Liber primus inc.
In principio creavit deus.
Initial occupies all col. a. It is of silver, with broad border of gold, with interlaced bands at top, centre,
and bottom. The ground of the panel outside is green and blue in small fields, covered with conventional
foliage outlined in red : the blue has been largely scraped off. There is a frame of brown-red classical foliage
and an external border of plain green.
Each Book, and also the Prologue, has a large decorative initial. Gold is sometimes used, and also purple
(see Libb. vii, viii, &c.). Silver, purple, and gold are combined at Lib. xvi.
Lib. XX ends f. 141''.
Aliud facere permittimur aliud prohibemur. Expl. Lib. xx"""*.
Post antiquitatis libros xx" hii sequuntur qui captivitatis ludaice et excidii Hierusalem (inscribuntur
added) numero vii'*" Flauii losephi Hystoriarum lib. i'""' de Bello ludaico Inc.
(In green and red capitals)
Quoniam bellum quod cum populo romano
Large initial, external frame purple.
Lib. ii has initial in uncoloured outline, and so the following Books up to vi, where colour is resumed ; vii
also coloured.
Ends 202*
quae scripsi habuerint coniecturam.
Colophon in red and green capitals.
Expl. lib. Septimus Captiuitatis ludaicae vel ludaici belli cum Romanis Flavii Josephi ludeorum
historiographi.
aoa*" is blank.
The initials to chapters are to a large extent plain : always in colour, and sometimes ornamented to
a moderate extent. In the large initials the white scrolls outlined in red, the green and scraped blue grounds
are very constant throughout.
VIRGILII AENEIS 103
41. VIRGILII AENEIS.
Vellum, 259 X 146 mm., ff. 174, 29 lines to a page. Cent, xv (1404).
In a good Italian hand of Gothic type.
Binding, modern purple velvet.
Collation. i">-i5»» 16'* 17'-'.
Virgilii Aeneis : without title.
Arma uirumque cano
Full border of thick conventional foliage in heavy colour. A shield, oval, with pointed base, in the lower
margin : six bends dexter arg. and gules, a fess az.
Lib. ii. Argument lo lines. Conticuerc omnes cum sic fortissimus heros 14
Lib. iii. 47*, iv. 40, v. 52*, vi. 68, vii, 83'', viii. 98, ix..IIo^ x. 125, xi. 141, xii. 157 (all with arguments).
Ending 173'' sub umbras. Deo gratias amen.
Expi. liber eneidos pii Maronis Vii^ilii | Mantuani poete clarissimi completus (conscriptus added) Anno
M''cccc''iiii'' | De mens. lanuar. per me B. D. Corsiii.
On 174'
Ergo ne supremis potuit nox improba uerbis
Ending 174''
I^udetur uigeat placeat relegetur ametuc
Expliciunt uersus Octauiani Ccsaris August! editi pro Virgilio maronc mantuano poeta clarissimo (Anthol.
Lat. Ricsc (Teubner), no. 672).
42. BURCHARD : FRAGMENTS.
Vellum, 325 X 210 mm., ff. 42, double columns of 38 lines. Cent, xi, in a fine, clear,
rather sloping minuscule.
Collation, The book is a collection of fragments, partly misbound.
On r. 8 is the signature II, on 33'' X, on 26'' XII, on 35* XV.
Contents :
Fragments of the Magnum Volumen Canonum of Burchard of Worms.
f. I. Capitula of Liber Primus, beginning with Hi De episcopis ad synodum uocatis et ucnire et missos
suos mittere dcdignantiblis, ending ccxxxiiii De episcoporum transmutacione.
Text begins
Quod in nouo testamento post christum d. (n.) a pctro sacerdotalis ceperit ordo. i. %
In N. T. post Chr. d. n. a pctro .sacerdotalis cepit ordo.
Continues- to rubric of xli (5'').
f. 6. Ivii De rebus dubiis, &c., to Ixviiii (imperfect).
C 7 (a large hand), cviii to cxxviii (imperfect).
f. 9. ccxiv to ccxxvi (imperf.).
f. 10. Lib. Secundus, xxvi to xxxvi.
f. II. lx.xix to .\cvi, rubric.
f. 12. cxl to clviii, imperf.
f. 13. cxc (part) to ccxxviii, rubric.
f. 15. Liber Tercius. Capitula, cl to ccxlii.
Text I. Quid sit aecclesia. Ecclesia grecum est 15*
Ends in vi.
f. 16. Ixvi to Ixxvii.
104 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
f. 17. ccxliv (part) to ccxlvii.
Liber quartus. Capitula, i-ciii. ^7
Text I. Quid sit baptisma. Baptismus grece latine tinctio.
Ends in ii.
f. 1 8. xliv (part) to lix (part),
f. 19. c (part) to cii.
Liber quintus. Capitula, i-liii 19''
Text. Cum omne lumen,
f. 30. xxvi (part) to xlii (part).
f. 21. Liber vi. xxxiv (part) to xlviii (end).
Lib. vii. Capitula, i-xxx as*
Text. Coniunctionem autem consanguineorum ' 23
f. 23. i-xx, rubric. ^
f. 34*. Diagram of Affinity,
f. 34''. xxix, XXX.
Lib. viii. Capitula, i-xlvii 24'
f. 25. Iviii-lxxvii (part)
f. 26. Lib. X. xxxiv-xliii (part) %6
f. 27. Lib. xix. Capitula, cliv-clix 37
Text. Ebdomada priori ante inicium xl"*.
i-v (part),
f. 28. Lib. xviii. xii (part) to xxiv (part) 38
f. 39. Lib. XV. xvii to xlv (end) 29
f. ^2,. Lib. xvi. Capitula (xxxviii) 33
Text. Summopere precauere debent rectores.
i-xvi (rubric).
f. 34. Lib. xix. Part of Cap. v.
f. 35. Lib. xvi. Text continued from f. 33, xvi to xxviii (part),
f. 36. Lib. xix. viii (part) to xxi (part).
f. 37. xlii (part) to xliii (part).
f. 38. Lib. xvii. Capitula (ix) -38
Text. Mulier si cum duobus fratribus.
i-xi (part).
f. 39. Lib. XX. Ixxvi (part) to Ixxxiv (part) . 39
f. 40. Lib. xix. Part of Cap. v.
f. 41. In another hand. A constitution, chiefly as to tithes. No rubric.
Omnibus filiis catholicc aecclesie . . . quantum uestrarum lucrum desidero animarum . . . si cum christo
in caelis regnare desideratis.
f. 41^ Various extracts on tithes, &c. The hand varies. Two are rubricated and numbered : the latter
ccxxvii, Ut ibi decime dentur ubi et baptisma.
f. 42. Extracts from the Codex.
Cap. S. Hieronimi de his qui ex fonte baptismi super baptizatos aquas aspergunt.
De eadem re (ep. dementis papae ad lacobum).
f. 42''. Ex cone, papae nicolai iunioris cxiii episcoporum.
Si quis pecunia uel gratia humana
Adrianus papa uniuersali octaue synodo presidens
Ends imperfectly.
There are some pretty outline initials in red.
The volume thus contains fragments of Libb. i-viii, x, xv-xx. No. to6 is an almost complete copy of
the work.
MISSAL: FRAGMENTS 105
43. MISSAL: FRAGMENTS
Vellum, 13I X 9I in., ff. 36, mostly 26 lines to a page. Cent, xi, in a very fine, clear,
round minuscule. Rubrics in red capitals.
The hand is Italian.
The leaves are not in right order. I will indicate the contents as they stand,
f. I. OflRce for Feria vi before Passion Sunday to Fer. iv after it
Gap. ff. 3-3. Palm Sunday to rubric of Good Friday. Gap.
4. Easter Eve (with beginning of Lectiones).
5 is of smaller size, in double columns of 25 lines each, and contains part of the Canon of the Mass, from
' grege numerari ' to ' partem aliquam et societatem '.
6, 7. Sunday after Ascension to 2nd Sunday after Pentecost.
8. 1 7th to 23rd Sunday after Pentecost.
9 (Proper of Saints). Sebastian to Agnes a***.
10. Blasius to Faustinus and Jovitta.
11. Annunciation to Vitalis.
12. Gordian and Epimachus, Nereus, &c., Julia V. M., Urban, Proculus and Nicomede, MarcelHnus and
Peter.
13. Primus and Felician to Marcus and Marcellian. (Vitus.)
14. Hilarion to All Saints.
15. Siriis, Lucy, Thomas ap. End of sanctoral.
16-20. Dedication. Missa in hon. S. Trinitatis. Missae votivae, with gaps after 18, 19, ao.
a I should follow f. 3. Good Friday.
22. Missae votivae continued.
35 sqq. Missae pro defunctis, &c.
Two on 30 are additions.
33 should follow f. 4. Office of Easter Eve and Exultct. Notes separated from text by a red line : very
faint lines above.
34-36 arc in a somewhat smaller hand. 34 lines to a page. They contain :
(a) The prayers Quando presbiter se preparat ad officium misse, and prayers after Mass.
(i) The music for Mass In cotidianis diebus and in sollemnitatibus. Musical notation as before.
(c) Prayers. Indignum me fateor
Confiteor
D. d. omnip. qui es trinus
Deus misericordiae et ueritatis
Altissime et piissime
Summe sacerdos (imperfect)
44. lUSTINIANI INSTITUTA : FRAGMENTS.
Vellum, 13J X gl in., ff. 19, double columns, text and gloss ; text 33 lines to a column.
Cent, xiii, late.
Doubtless from a binding : somewhat stained and discoloured.
The leaves are not in order.
They contain portions of the Institutes.
f. 10 is a fragment.
On f. 14* is a colophon.
Expl. lib. tercius. Inc. lib. quartus de obligacionibus que ex delicto nascuntur.
P
io6 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
There are marginalia in an English hand.
The gloss or apparatus which surrounds the text is the usual one, drawn largely from Accursius.
The MS. is not in the common Italian (Bolognese) hand, but assimilations to this appear, e.g. at top
of f. 12.
45. BREVIARY : FRAGMENTS.
Vellum, 240 X 180 mm., ff. 8, made up into a volume with paper leaves : double columns
of 23 lines. Cent, xiii-xiv, foliated 13-20. Music on a four-line stave.
Evidently a fragment from a binding. Vellum cover, new.
The writing is rather rough, but good. It might be English. Ornament is also rough. Some pages
have a rod of gold down the side, with pen ornament on the L. : the saw-pattern occurs.
The text gives Lections, Antiphons, Capitula, &c., for the days immediately preceding Christmas, and
Christmas itself, beginning with the end of the service for St. Thomas the Apostle.
46. EPISTLE BOOK : FRAGMENTS.
Vellum, ia| x 8~ in., ff. 16, 18 lines to a page. Cent, xiv, in a large Gothic hand :
Italian.
The leaves are perhaps from a binding, and have been a good deal discoloured. They are now bound
as two quires of 6 and 10 leaves, but are much disordered. An old foliation gives the key. It runs thus :
^3^-'^36> ^3^-'^40, 130, 77, 78, 137, 142-144.
The contents are a fragment of an Epistle book.
On ff. 77, 78 (11, 12) are Epistles for :
4th Sunday after Easter.
Rogation days.
Vigil of Ascension.
Ascension.
, On 130 (10):
June II. Barnabas, Basilides, &c., Anthony, Martial, Marcus, Marcellian.
Vigil of John Baptist. Nativity of John Baptist.
131-136(1-6):
John and Paul. Peter and Paul (with octave). Octave of John Baptist.
Visitation of 13. V. M.
Septem fratres, Hermachoras and Fortunatus, Alexius, Margaret, Praxedes.
Mary Magdalene.
137 (13). Apollinaris, James the Great, Martha.
138-140 (7-9). Nazarius, &c., Felix Simplicius, &c., Abdon and Sennen, Germanus.
Chains of Peter.
Stephen, Pope, Inv. of Stephen.
? Laurence. I
Dominic (?), rubric gone. Karissime testificor coram deo.
142-144(14-16):
Assumption.
Louis, Bernard, Bartholomew, Augustine.
Decoll. of John Baptist.
Nativity of B. V. M.
Exaltation of the Cross.
Euphemia. Matthew.
EPISTLE BOOK: FRAGMENTS 107
Thus, a fragment of the Proper of Time, and a large fragment of the Proper of Saints (from about June 1 1
to September 21) is left.
There are several (12) large decorative initials in gold, scarlet, pink, green, &c., often with dark-blue
ground. These spread into the margin, which is dotted with the gold studs common in Italian work. The
execution is not specially fine and the condition rather poor.
47. TERENCE.
Vellum, 182 x115 mm., ff. 129, 26 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a good small italic
hand.
Plain calf binding of cent, xviii-xix.
Collation. i"'-i3"' (wants 10).
f. !• has suffered somewhat from damp : the ink has flaked off.
On it are the Epitaphion Terentii (Natus in excelsis), Argumentum, and part of Prologue to the Andria.
Eunuchus, 2i\
Heautontimorumenos, 45.
Adelphoe, 67*.
Hecyra, 89.
Phormio, ic6.
Ends 1 38* : valete et plaudite. Caliopius recensui. Finis. Amen.
Terentii Afri Phormio Expl.
The name Jotius scribbled.
On the verso, in a large hand, washed out :
Ad usum loannis/Villani/Terre Barbarani/An. Domini Bis/1740 (?).
In paler ink : Ex libris Familiae Villani.
f. !• has a pretty border and a damaged shield, gules, a lion rampant or. Each play has a pretty initial in
gold, with white branch-work on blue, green and red grounds. Gold bezants, isolated, adjoin the initial.
48. FLORUS, &c.
Vellum, 213 X 152 mm., ff. 165-1-2, 26 and 29 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in three or
four very good Italian hands. Italic, Roman, and Gothic.
Binding, leather over boards, painted to imitate inlaid bands ; five plain round bosses
on each cover.
Collation, a* (i stuck to cover) i'-9* (8 cane.) io"-i7"* i8' 19* (8 stuck to cover).
List of contents on fly- leaf (xv).
I. L. Annci flori Epithoma Ae tito liuio libri iiii"' indpiunt. I
Gold initial, white branch-work : ground pink, blue, green, dotted with white.
Populus Romanus a regc romulo.
Lib. ii I4^ iii 30^ iv 41 Scditionum omnium causas.
.Down to 43'' the hand is Italic and not very comely : on 43'' begins an exceedingly pretty upright Roman
hand.
On 48** is a new title and initial :
Liber quartus de bello ciuili Cesaris et Pompei.
lam toto orbe pacato
Ends : nomine et titulo consecrantur. Laus dco.
Lucii annei Flori liber quartus et ultimus expl.
P 2
io8 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
2. Plinii Ueronensis Oratoris de uiris illustribus. 61''
Proca Rex Albanorum Amilium et Numitorem.
A third hand, Gothic, begins here, passing into a Roman.
The tract is not uncommon in MSS., but has no claim to be called Pliny's.
Ends on Gnaeus Pompeius : pretiosissimis odoribus cremandum curauit. Finis.
Sexti Rufi anumeratois (anumeratoris) Romane Ystorie liber incipit. ^ 80
Breues fieri dementia tua precepit . . . de ghotis etiam babilonie tibi palma pacis accedat.
Sexti alias festi rufi anumeratoris romane historie liber expl.
Valens augustus imperauit a.d. 374.
A recent edition of the Breviarium of Festus (as he is more properly called) is that of Forster, 1874.
4. Epythoma Titi Liuii ex primo libro hystorie Romanorum inc. 92
Aduentus enee in Italiam et res geste
The hand varies a good deal, ending in the pretty Roman hand of f. 43''.
Ends f. 145*: et uitrico et supremis eius plures honores dedit. Finis. I45^ blank.
These Epitomae are to be found in most editions of Livy.
5. Guilielmi becchi de Cometa ad Pelium de Medicis ducem clarissimum feliciter. Inc. 146
Cum ad s. Marci bibliotecam pergerem
Ends f. 158 : tuo aliorumque probatissimo atque equissimo iudicio derelinquo. Vale.
Guil. Becchi Augustinensis viri doctissimi et sacr. theol. profexoris de Cometa feliciter expl.
Becchi died perhaps in 1491. On him see Tiraboschi, Hist. Lett. Ital. vi. o.^-], 370 : this tract (not printed)
is mentioned at the latter place.
6. Prophetia Erithee IN : {sic). 158*
Extracta de libro qui dicitur uasilographia id est imperialis scriptura quem Erithea babillonica ad
petitionem grecorum edidit. dota pater (Doxopater) peritissi(mus) in grecum transtulit. Tandem de herario
emanuelis imperatoris eductum eugenius regis sicilie admiratus in latinum transtulit de greco.
Exquiritis a me o illustrissima turba danaum
Ends 164*: hos autem in sortem demonum uoret auernus. Finis.
Rubric. Comperta in cake b[I]iblie uetustissime Rome apud s. paulum inter reliq?«as habetur quippe
quam affirmant scriptam manu sanctissimi maximique Jeronimi.
AMEN.
ME PETRVS MERCATELLEA^S/S SCR<I>PSIT.
168'' blank.
On 165, over erasure, Laurentii Janoti (?) benuenuti . . iui (? ciuis) florentini.
There is evidently a misapprehension in the note which says that the Prophecy of the Sibyl was found in
the Bible of St. Paul's (S. Paolo fuori le Mura, where the ixth-cent. Bible of Count-Vivian is still preserved).
This prophecy is not earlier than cent, xiii, since it apparently describes the rise of the two great orders of
Friars. See Rendel Harris, The Ferrar Group, p. 69 sqq. It is printed in Alexandre, Orac. Sib. ii. 291. See
also Sackur SibyUinische Texte.
49. JOH. CASSIANUS.
Vellum, 279x208 mm., flf. 283 + 4, 36 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a beautiful Roman
hand.
Binding, blue morocco with gold tooling, by C. Lewis.
Collation, a* 110-38" 29 (three).
On I* a title in English (xix, early).
On I*" an erased inscription (Italian hand, xvi-xvii) of two lines and a half.
D Sa 1 . . . ber td . . .
pro am. . i praeprotoris.
An erasure at top of f. i of text
Fr. ... no A B.
JOH. CASSIANUS 109
The MS. was no. 226 in the Libri sale of 1859 : bought then by Quaritch for £13 5s.
On n* in the hand of the book
Super libero arbitrio determinatio.
lohannes cassianus doctor doctrina perfectionis mirificus verumtamen in una sola coUatione que dicitur de
protectione dei modum excessit cum liberum arbitrium magis quam sit liberum esse pronunciauit. Sed beatus
prosper eum correxit
Propositions from Prosper follow.
Ending ii*" quod se a christo non uult esse saluatum.
iii* blank, iii^ iv, have writing in double columns in French of cent, xviii.
a Account of Cassian as saint, from a Lettre de M' de la R . . . £l M' de M . . . sur la Croiance des dglises
de Provence.
6 From Fleury, Hist. Eccl. T. 18, p. 209.
c In Latin, Joannes Cassianus Scytha qui prius Diaconus Constantinopoli.
The last few lines erased.
Account of Cassian from Gennadius de virr. illustr. 62. i
Johannes Cassianus Natione scytha . . . Theodosio et Valentiniano regnantibus.
In Cliristi nomine. Amen. Inc. liber coUationum SS""™". patrum. editus est enim a doctissimo uiro etc.
. . . Viccsima-quarta abbatis abrahe de morttficatione. i
Inc. prcfatio lohannis Cassiani ad papam Leontinum et fratrem Elladium in viginti quattuor Collationes
patrum (P. L. xlix. 477). i*"
Debitum quod beatissimo pape Castori . . . et instituta proponeremus. Expl. pref.
Inc. capitula prime collationis abbatis moysii. 2^
Text. Cum in heremo scithi. a*"
Collatio ii f. 12, iii 20'', iv 29, v 36, vi 45, vii 52, viii d'^, ix 72, x 83, xi 90*, xii 96*, xiii 105, xiv II5^
XV 124, xvi \%f', xvii 135', xviii I48^ xix 157, xx 163, xxi ids'", xxii 181, xxiii 188. xxix 198'' (Abraham,
de mortificatione). Ends 210'':
orationum ucstrarum tutela conseruet.
Coilationum patrum a loh. Cassiano abbate editus liber expl. felicissimc. Deo gratias.
3. Inc. Capitula loh. Cassiani de institutis patrum et de principalibus uitiis. 2i{
In hoc volumine continentur Instituta Patrum libri xii.
List follows.
Item libri coilationum xxiiii.
List ending.
Vigesima quinta, uita Frontonis monachi.
„ sexta, dicta S. Iheronimi presbiteri de uigiliis.
„ septima, Sermo theodori historiograph i de S. Ambrcsio.
„ octaua, Epistola s. IheronimL
Sunt libri insimul numero xl.
A later marginal note says : hcc non sunt in prescnti volumine.
This list of the Institutes and Collations is evidently copied from the title-page of an older manuscript. It
is not applicable to this volume, where the Collations precede the Institutes.
Prcfatio loh. Cassiani de Institutis patrum. 211''
Veteris testamcnti narrat historia (xlix. 53) . . . eadem obseruancie perfectio est et in pari facultate.
Rubric. De cingulo monachi. secundo, de ueste monachi, etc. . . Vndecimo de cingulo spirituali et Sacra-
mento eius. 212''
Primo de habitu. ' 212"
De institutis ac regulis monasteriorum dicturi.
Lib. xii ends 281'':
Sed et hoc ipsum quod intelligere meruimus eius esse muneris in ueritate credamus. [contuli cum maximo
properante in monasterio] marginal note non est de testu.
Expl. tract de octo principalibus uitiis feliciter. TELOS.
no WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
It will be noted that the four books of Instituta and the tract de octo vitiis are treated as one book.
After Lib. iv of the Instituta which ends
ApostoHce caritatis perfectio possidetur, the Capitula begin
Transitus de institutis monasteriorum ad colluctationem octo principalium uitiorum.
The decoration of the book is very good. The principal ornaments are at the beginnings of the Collations.
*0n f. I. A border of conventional foliage. It contained three places for medallions or shields. These, left
blank, have been filled in cent, xvii or xviii with red and yellow paint, and the initials D R inserted in
monogram.
The initial forms the L side. It is of fine work, mainly in burnished gold. In the upper part is a bearded
cowled monk in black habit holding a red book and standing under an octagonal Gothic baldacchino mainly
purple and green. Below is a youth with club and shield. The monk is Moyses.
f. a I. Coll. iii. Paphnutius, beardless, with book open, in initial.
f. 72. Coll. ix. Bust in initial (Isaac).
f. 83. Coll. X. Isaac, seated, writing.
f. 91. Coll. xi. Bust. Chaeremon : finely drawn.
The first page of part II (which originally had a separate foliation) has a border containing three
medallions (as on f. i). These have been filled in with initials (i) A.D, (a) A.B.D, (3) DR in monogram.
In the initial to the Preface, 21 1^ is a bust of a bearded monk, on gold ground.
In the partial border on aiS**, an admirably drawn bird.
Smaller initials often in plain gold on a patch of colour which is very commonly green. Others, in red
with blue pen- work.
Each Collation or Book has a partial border, the form of which is commonly a rod of colour breaking out
into ornament.
50. lOH. DE TORQUEMADA.
Paper and vellum, 213 x 145 mm., if. in, 39 lines to a page. Cent, xv, late, in a clear
foreign, not Italian, ' Romanic ' hand.
Binding, calf of cent, xviii ; an oval stamp on each cover is carefully erased.
In the cover is neatly written (xviii) I/theca vi. /
On the back, a sale number 1374.
The erasure of the stamp and the inscription within are common to this book and to
Fitzwilliam MS. 241. This latter has a large armorial stamp with mitre at top erased.
Within the cover is I. theca ii. This book belonged to the Abbey of St. Peter at Ghent.
It has the ticket (xix early) Ex bibliotheca P.P.C. Lammens, the note ' Vente de J. Meyer
de Gand 1869 ', and the book-plate of Pierre Gelis Didot.
It is probable that the Rylands volume is also from the library of the Abbey of
St. Peter at Ghent (otherwise Mons Blandinius).
Collation. ii2-8'^/9^* 10* (wants 4). Middle sheet of each quire vellum except in 10.
I. Tractatus R"' in Christo patris et eximii sacre Theologie professoris mag. Joh. de Turrecremata
Cardinalis S. Sixti contra inuectiuam basiliensium quam ediderunt aduersus decretum dampnacionis eorum
per Eugenium papam quartum.
Dissimulare non possum . . . salus corporis eius qui est per sec. benedictus. Amen.
a. Responsio Basiliensium ad decretum Moyses editum ab Eugenio papa quarto. 39*"
Beatus iheronimus cum lumen ... In gloria dei omnip. qui est bened. in sec. sec. Amen.
Finit Resp. basiliens. ad deer. Moyses ed. ab Eug. papa.
3. Inc. prol. sequentis tractatus de potestate pape et Concilii generalis per Rev. patrem etc. etc. 46
Quamuis ut ait beatus hieronimus grandes materias . . . ab omnibus teneantur. Finit prol.
lOH. DE TORQUEMADA iii
Inc. tract. Presens tractatus in tres partes diuiditur. ■ 47
Pars II 67, III 71.
Ends : uel etiam impugnari. Et sic dicta sufficiant. Expl. tract, de potestate pape et concilii generalis
editus a Rev"" I. Joh. de turre cremata Card. S. Sixti iussu romani pontificis d. Eugenii pape quarti.
Sequitur declaracio ab eodem d. Cardinali addita ad tractatum precedentem circa secundam conclusionem
eiusdem.
In quodam tractatu quern nuper edidi . . . sacrosancte Romane ecclesie. Et sic dicta sufficiant deo
laus. Expl. 83
f. 96 blank.
II. 4. In another hand, not so good : 45 lines to a page.
. Rev"' in Christo patris doctissimi sacre Theol. professoris mag. Joh. de Turrecremata nunc Card. S. Sixti
Responsio ad quasdam proposiciones pro parte basiliensium. 97
Notastis teneo superiori die pro vestra sapientia.
Ends III'': ex tens! us recollcgi. '
Expl. Resp. facta Florencie per R. p. d. Joh. de Turrecremata Card. S. Sixti a. d. 1439° cum esset
magister sacri palacii (Ambassiatoribus lined through) proponent! pro parte Basiliensium.
There are some decent pen-work initials.
51. HORAE (ROME: RODEZ).
Vellum, 120 X 85 mm., ff. 158, 13 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a rather scratchy Gothic
hand with very rough ornament.
Binding, dark red velvet, modern, with two ivory reliefs in the style of the xiv*!* century
(French) measuring ii2x 74 mm. At the top of each is a band of architectural ornament
consisting mainly of four canopied and crocketted arches each with a rosette in the head,
and below this two trefoil arches.
♦The relief on the first cover is divided by a band representing hilly ground into two areas, the smaller
occupying the lower L. quarter. In this is the Betrayal.
From u Peter, Malchus, Judas and Christ, soldier, man with lantern : two others partly seen on L.
On R. Judas hanging with his boweb protruding.
Above, the Bearing of the Cross. From L. Three Jews in caps. Centurion with lance : man with nails :
man with hammer, his 1. hand on the arm of Jesus, who bears the cross. It is supported on r. by the Virgin
and two other women. John on R., other figures of soldiers partly seen.
The other relief has a line representing ground dividing it transversely. It represents the Crucifixion
with the Thieves : a fillet, perhaps the crown of thorns, is on Christ's head. On L., a group of the Virgin
swooning and three women. The side is being pierced and the sponge offered. Soldiers in C. cast lots with
dice. John crouching on R. and a group of soldiers.
Below, the whole is occupied by spectators, mostly on horseback. One in c. has his back completely
turned to the spectator and the hind-quarters of the horse are curiously foreshortened. Tree on L., houses on K.
Collation not practicable.
Contents : Kalcndar in Latin, not full. All entries are in black 6
Sequences of the Gospels 1 3
Obsecro tc imperfect, 2 1 ; Sancta Maria Regina celi, 36. 26^ blank.
Hours of the Virgin, wanting matins. Roman use 27
Office of the Virgin for Advent 59
Hours of the Holy Ghost, 71 ; of the Cross, imperfect, 76.
Seven Psalms, imperfect, and Litany 80
Office of the Dead 109
112 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On 70'' and 157 are late inscriptions carefully scribbled over.
In the Kalendar are Franciscan entries.
May. Transl. S. Francissi.
June. Anthonius C. de ord. min.
August. Clare V.
Oct. Francisci.
N.OV. Helizabet.
And the following of local interest :
34 Oct. F(r)ontonis ep. et C. (Perigueux).
4 Nov. Amanci Ep.
14 Nov. Dalmasii Ep. et C.
The two last are bishops of Rodez.
In the Litany: Apostles Marcialis, Martyrs Eutropius, Confessors Amansius, Monks Dominic Francis,
Virgins Clara.
I suppose the book to belong to the diocese of Rodez.
There are some borders, two initials with small figures, and two miniatures (f. 71, Pentecost, and f. 109,
Funeral) all of extremely bad execution.
52. HORAE, ETC. (NORMANDY).
Vellum, 130 X 90 mm., ff. 277, 22 lines to a page. Cent, xvi (1501), in a clear hand of
the ' lettre batarde ' type. Written in France.
Binding : wooden boards and purple velvet ; the first cover has a metal plate set with
four turquoises at the angles and four red clear stones. In c. an ivory of the Virgin
crowned, standing, carrying the Child.
The covers are lined with two pieces cut from a well-written manuscript of cent, xiii-xiv,
perhaps a missal. The text relates to the Magi and to the Virgin.
Collation, i^^ (wants i) 2^ / ^^-i<f (wants 5) 20^-27* 28* 29^^ 30^-33* ^'^'^ 34" 35 (three). The old
foliation (used here) is incorrect.
Contents:
Kalendar in blacTc, red, and blue, not full, wanting January i
Sequences of the Gospels 13
O bone Ihesu, \^. O intemerata, iS^. 18'' blank.
Rubric : Seruitium b. marie secundum usum ecclesie Rothomagensis. Scriptum per patrem Michaelem
Rigot curatum ecclesie de berreuilla Religiosum dominorum amantium Anno domini millesimo quingent.
primo Pro nobili viro lohanne de la haule filio nobilissimi viri domini lohannis de la haule militis et domini de
gremonuilla et ganseuilla. In decanatu de canuilla (Cauville?) eiusdem Rothomagensis diocesis 19
Three collects added later, and a signature : J. Daulx, 19. 19'' blank
Hours of the Virgin. Head-line: Post purificationem (foliation recommenced) i
Inc. seruitium b. marie dicendum sabbatis (post purificationem) 27
Sequitur seruitium b. marie dicendum in aduentu 35
,« „ „ in ebdomada natiuitatis domini 39 .
„ „ „ a circumcisione domini usque ad purificationem 49
„ „ „ ab octavis epiphanie usque ad purif. in sabbatis 5*
Ending with rubric for feasts of SS. Ursinus, Silvester, and others 58
Offices for Christmas (59). Circumcision (71). Purification (77). Annunciation (88). S. Maria ad Nives
(95''). Assumption (99). Nativity of B.V. M. (130). Conception (130'').
All Saints (beginning gone : 133).
HORAE, ETC. (NORMANDY) 113
Hours of the Trinity (beginning gone) 147
„ of the Cross and of the Holy Ghost, tc^ether i8o''
Benedictiones b. Marie ■ 1 86''
Seven Psalms and Litany 187
Office of the Dead 201
Prayers to the Trinity, to each of the Three Persons, to the Blessed Sacrament, to the Holy Face 319
Stabat Mater, a2a^ Aue cuius concepcio etc. 223^
Memoriae of SS. Michael, John Baptist, John Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James the Great, All
Apostles 224''
„ Stephen, Laurence, Christopher, Sebastian, Adrian, Rochus, Victor, Cosmas and Damian,
George, Clarus, one martyr, several martyrs 226''
„ Nicholas, Claudius, Anthony, Martin, Eligius, Giles, Lupus, Maurus, Leonard, Fiacrius,
Romanus, Anthony of Padua, Leobin, Hildevert, Leuffredus, Hubert, Anianus, a confessor
bishop, a confessor not bishop * 332''
„ Katherine, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Susanna, Genovefa, Gemma, Clara, Gertrude, one
virgin, several virgins 242
De pace, 247.
Sensuivent plusieurs deuotes louenges, peticions, oraisons et requestes, etc. 247''
au matin quant tu te leueras de ton lit — quant tu ysseras hors de ta maison — quant tu entreras dans
Icglise deuant le crucifix — quant le prestre se retourne — a la leuation du corps N. S. — quant on lieue le calice.
Pape boniface a donne a tous ceulx qui diront deuotement ceste oraison . . . deux mille ans, etc. 249
D. L C. qui hanc sacratissimam.
Quant on prent la paix — quant on veult receuoir le corps N. S.— quant on a receu.
Contre la tempeste — Pour impetrer grace de ses pcchcs. — Contre la tentacion de la chair.— Contre les
mauuaises pensees. — Pour quelque tribulation. — Pour lamy viuant en tribulation. — Pour ceulx qui vont en
voyage. — Pour les bienfaiteurs. — Pour les amis qui sont en necessite. — Pour le sien amy qui est mort.
Prayers of St. Gregory with rubric in French : On treuue es saintes escriptures, etc. 251*
Ensuyt le psaultier de Jesus et de la vierge marie, etc. 253
Aue maria, etc. Quem tu virgo castissima angelo nunciante de spiritu sancto concepisti. Aue Maria.
Quo concepto tu virgo gratiosa in montana ad helizabeth, etc.
Scnsuiucnt cinq belles et deuotes orabons que monseigneur S. lehan leuuangeliste fist en lonneur de la
vierge marie dont nostre seigneur donne aucuns benefices qui sous icy apres declares a tous ceulx qui diront
deuotement lesdites oraisons, etc. 357
The initials of the five prayers form the word Maria :
Mediatrix omnium— Auxiliatrix—Reparatrix — Illuminatrix— AUeuiatrix.
Ends 259*". A rubric follows : Item oraison tres deuote a la vierge marie, — but the text is gone.
The first remaining page of the kalendar {Feb.) is almost illegible from rubbing. In subsequent months we
have:
Apr. 10. Hugonis roth, archiep. Aug. 7. Uictricii arch.
May 5. Transl. S. Audoeni. 11. Taurini ep. c.
9. „ „ Nicholai. ao. Philiberti abb.
10. „ „ Laur. conf. 25. Commem. S. Audoeni with octave. Ludo. m.
23. Desiderii m. a6, Commem. S. ludouici reg. c.
24. Donatiani et rogatiani. 27. Uiuiani ep. c.
June 12. Transl. S, Ursini. Sept. 4. Cuthberti ep. c.
17- '. n Romani. 13. Mauricii ep. c.
19. Geruasii et Prothasii, rr</. 18. Sinerii ep.
July 3. Martialis ap., blue. Oct. i. Dedic. eccl. roht.
8. Transl. S. Euodi roth. arch, iii lect. 4. Francisci conf. non pont.
33. Commem. vuand(regisili). 8. Euodi roth. arch.
Aug, 4. Dominici conf. non pont. 13. Eduuardi conf. non pont.
114 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Oct. 22. Melloni roth. arch. Dec. i. Eligii ep. c.
23. Romani roth, arch., blue. 3. Transl. rel. eccl. roth.
Nov. 14. Laurentii ep. c. 30. Ursini ep. c.
20. Eadmundi reg. m.
In the Litany : Apostle, Marcialis. Disciple, Ursine. Martyrs, Pancraci, Victor, Eutropi, Desideri,
Firmine, Juste, Eadmunde.
Confessors : Mellone, Victrici, Innocenti, Remigi, Euode, Gildarde et Medarde, Romane, Audoene, Ans-
berte, Hugo, Sulpici, Seuere, Candida, Laude Eligi . . . Taurine, Albine, Cuthberte, Sanson, Maxime . . .
Philiberte, Vuandregisille, Ermelande, Laurenti, Ludouice, Hildeuerte, Aquiline, Eduuarde, Guillerme, Paterne,
Sineri.
Virgins, &c. : Genouefa, Morenna . . . Oportuna . . . Austreberta, Columba . . . Gertrudis, Baltildis . . .
Susanna, Bona, Brigida, Honorina, Angadrisma.
There are various late additions on blank pages and margins.
The pictures are decidedly rough in execution, but not wholly bad in effect, showing at least the influence
of skilled artists. The larger ones are bordered at the sides with columns, the capitals and bases of which are
mainly in fluid gold and the shafts in colour, twined with spiral bands or else patterned in gold.
1-4. Four small pictures in the text, of the Evangelists (Jo., Lc, Mt., Mc.) writing : John is on an island,
the others in rooms, panelled and paved, with a ' dado ' of tapestry. Each is accompanied by his emblem.
ff. i2sqq.
5. O intemeraia. Initial. Pieta : the Virgin, the dead Christ, John on L., the cross behind 16''
With the Hours of the Virgin the old foliation begins.
6. Matins. Large picture. Jacob's ladder. Jacob lies in front, head to R., in landscape. On the ladder,
which slopes up to L., are three angels ascending : the Father is seen, half-length, at the top i
7. Below the text. The Burning Bush (on L.) : God is seen in it. Moses on R., kneeling, alarmed : his
boots lie near him.
8. Lauds. Initial. The Visitation 11
9. Prime. The Nativity. The Virgin reclines in front, head to L. Joseph on R. 16*
10. Vigil of Christmas. Large. The Nativity. The Virgin on L., kneels : the Child on her robe. Joseph,
on R., with candle (?). In C, behind, kneel two angels and two shepherds. Ox and ass on L. : stable roof
above 59
11. Below text : three angels, kneeling.
12. Circumcision. Initial. The Nativity. Joseph and Mary (l.) kneel, the Child lies between them.
A house in the background 76''
13. Purification. Initial. The Presentation. Symeon and the altar on L. 85
14. Annunciation. Large. The Annunciation. Gabriel kneels on R. "89
15. Below text : three angels.
16. Festum b. Marie ad Nives. Collect. Initial. The Virgin stands, holding the Child ; a rock on
either side 96
17. Lesson. Initial. On L. Theophilus kneels to the Virgin ; on R. a devil.
18. Assumption. Large. The Virgin, in blue, in an oval glory. On two horizontal bands of cloud stand
four pairs of angels, R. and L. 99
19. Below text. The Virgin's empty tomb in c. A group of Apostles kneels at either
end of it.
20. Lesson. Initial. The Virgin in air, supported by two angels 106''
21. Lesson. Initial. The Virgin in bed, surrounded by Apostles 106''
22. Nativity of the Virgin. Initial. Joachim and Anne meet before the Golden Gate 120
23. Conception. Initial. The Presentation of the Virgin. Joachim and Anne kneel on R. at the foot of
the steps, which the Virgin ascends : a figu-re at top on L. 130''
24. Vespers (of the Trinity). Initial. Flight into Egypt : they go to L. 163
0.^. Matins of the Cross. Initial. The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and St. John 181
26. „ of the Holy Ghost. Initial. Pentecost, the Virgin in c. 1 81
b
HORAE, ETC. (NORMANDY) 115
27. Seven Psalms. Full-page. In a courtyard God stands on L., David kneels on R., his harp, in a bag,
lies in front. In air behind, a small angel flying down from the Father, who is seen half-length in the sky 187''
28. Office of the Dead. Full-page. The Three Living and the Three Dead. The three dead stand on L.
The foremost, who is youthful and not corpse-like, holds a spade ; the other two are horrid corpses. In c.
a gold churchyard cross ; in air a gold bird. On R. the three living, young men on horseback. The foremost
wears jack-boots, with a knee-covering. A building on R., with portcullis in the gate 201''
29. Memoriae (a long series of initials or small pictures, in the text, which may be described quite
shortly). The Trinity. Italian Trinity 219
30. The Father in a glory 319''
31. The Son, standing in the tomb aao
32. The Dove, in air, between Father and Son, who are seated.
33. The Sacrament, in a monstrance, borne by a priest in surplice, preceded by a surpliced clerk with
cross (L.) aar
34. The Holy Face, held up by St. Veronica (half-length) a22
35. Michael, in gold armour, and the devil 324''
36. John Baptist, with lamb 325
37. John Evangelist, with cup and dragon.
38. Peter and Paul 385*
39. James the Great, as pilgrim aa6
40. All Apostles, in a group 226^
41. Stephen stoned.
42. Laurence, with gridiron 427
43. Christopher, carrying the Child to L. : hermit on L. 228
44. Sebastian shot by the archers aaS"*
45. Adrian, holding anvil : lion before him 229
46. Roch, showing his thigh : angel on L., dog on R. 229''
47. Victor, with hawk in hand 230
48. Cosmas and Damian, as doctors, holding vessels 230
49. George and the dragon : the princess on R. 231
50. Clarus, in blue robe, headless, holding his head 231
51. De uno martire. A martyr, beardless 232
52. De pluribus martiribus. A group of men.
53. Nicholas : boys in tub on L. 232''
54. Claudius as bishop, rayed, holds crosier 233
55. Anthony, with book and pig 333''
^6. Martin as bishop 234
57. Eligius as bishop 234''
58. Giles, in black habit, with crosier and book 335
59. Lupus, robed, with book.
6c. Maurus, like Giles 235*"
61. Leonard, in dalmatic, stands between two kneeling figures, each of whom holds a pair of bolts.
62. Fiacre, robed, with book 235
63. Romanus (of Rouen) as bishop 236''
64. Anthony, of Padua, in grey habit, with book and ? palm * 237
65. Leobinus as bishop 237''
66. LeufTredus as abbot, with crosier and book "^i^
67. De uno confessore. A bishop 239*'
(fir. 240-1 gone.)
68. Katherine, wheel and book : Maxentius under her feet 242
69. Margaret, rising out of the dragon's back 243
70. Barbara : tower on L.
Q 2
ii6 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
71. Apollonia : forceps and book 244
73. Susanna, with book 244''
73. Genevieve : candle and book.
74. Gemma, with sword and book 345
75. Clara : blue habit, black head-dress, and book 245*'
76. Prayers of St. Gregory. Mass of St Gregory. Christ appears in the tomb on the altar. Gregory
on R., a cardinal and two servers on L. 251"
77. Psalter of Jesus, &c. A Carmelite lying asleep on a bed. The Virgin, appearing at a window, hands
a scroll to him 353''
53. CHR. PROLIANUS. *"
Vellum, 212 X 140 mm., ff. 77, 24 lines to a page. Cent, xv (cir. 1470-80); in a very
beautiful Roman hand.
Binding, modern blue morocco.
Purchased from Messrs. Ellis and White. Formerly the property of Mr. William
Morris.
See the La Vallifere catalogue (De Bure, I. 526, no. 1809).
The work was printed at Naples by Henr. Aiding in 1477 (Hain 13395).
Collation. 110-71" 8* (wants 8).
Title in gold, blue and red capitals.
*Christianus Prolianus Balbanensis coelebri viro Antonello Pa. F. R. Secretario salutem dicit i
Cum multa Antonelle vir optime . . . quos una tecum deus optimus maximus sospites in terris diutius
esse uelit.
Verses (14) 3
Cernis ut hie breuis est sed habet tam multa libellus
Quilibet ut magnum dicere possit opus.
Sed neque fecissem nisi qui posset ardua caesar y
Fernandus placidam sponte dedisset opem.
Libellus praesens in quinque principales partes diuisus est. 3
The divisions are i. De quatuor dementis.
3. De spera.
3. De theorica planetarum.
4. De distantiis orbium a centre terrae.
5. De coniunctionibus et oppositionibus luminarium per annos 38 . . . cum tabula
de festis mobilibus arcu diurno et aliis.
Title in gold, blue and red capitals.
i. Inc. prima pars et capitulum primum de totius orbis generali divisione 4
Postquam naturalium rerum omnes causae.
*ii. Hoc est primordiale praeambulum, etc. 34
iii. Inc. teorica planetarum 40
iv. The thirteenth chapter ends f. 58 : 47
Postea Luna. Vltimo Mercurius.
Finis huius opusculi parthenope Anno salutis 1478 foeliciter. Amen.
Rubric : omnia uero que dicta sunt superius pateant exemplo figurarum que descripte sunt in carta
sequenti videlicet 58
ff- S^**! 59* arc occupied with figures : full-page. Each is framed in green wreath of leaves and has blue
ground.
CHR. PROLIANUS 117
On 58* is a comparative view of the magnitudes of the Sun (a large disc of burnished gold), the Moon
(silver), Mars (gold), Venus (gold). Mercury (gold), and Earth (pale).
On 59* two large gold discs representing Corpus Satumi and Corpus Jovis (the latter the larger of the
two).
f. ^g^ is blank.
Part V is in tabular form, and contains tables of :
Coniunctiones, 1 478-1515 60
Rubric : Istae suprascriptae coniunctiones seu voluilunia calculata in meridionali neapolitano, etc.
Oppositiones, 1478-1515, with similar rubric 63
Tabulae horarum arcus diumi ^6
feriarum et ingressus mensium 67
festorum mobilium 68
eclipsium, with diagram of each in blue and gold or blue and silver, from 1478 to 1516 70
Each of these tables has an explanatory rubric at the end. The last is on 74*. 74""- 7 7 blank.
The decoration is very beautiful. The principal element is the familiar white branch-work on red, blue,
green grounds. Birds (green parrots commonly), animals (hares), and occasionally genii are inserted. A dis-
tinguishing feature is that all borders are framed in straight bands of gold.
Full, or almost full, borders occur on :
f. I. Shield, supported by genii, on lower border, surmounted by a crown :
Quarterly, i and 4, in three parts : (i) barry of eight gu. and org. ; (2) azure, three fleurs-de-lys or ;
(3) arg. (?), a Jerusalem cross or ; 2 and 4, paly of gules and or. ? Naples and Sicily,
ff. 4, 24, 40, 47 :
There are partial borders to each chapter. The effect of all this work is most excellent.
Part I has at the ends of chapters four spheres, each showing an element.
On f. 13 a sphere of dark rocks (earth). On 15^ green water and rocks (water). On 19 concentric zones
of blue and green, with brown centre (air, water, earth). On 33** the same, with an outer zone of red added,
for fire.
In the margins of 24, 35 are geometrical figures.
Other good diagrams occur.
54. HORAE (BRITANNY).
Vellum, 193 X 140 mm., ff. 115 + 1, 16 lines to a page. Cent, xv, well written in Gothic
hand : pale ink.
Modem red velvet binding.
CoUatioH. I old fly-leaf : i* 3* 3' (wants 6) 4* 5' (wants i) 6* (wants 3, 4?) 7'-9' (wants 8) ic* 1 1* (wants i)
13* (wants i) [11 should precede 5: 12 should precede 10] 13* (wants i) i4'-i6' (wants 7, 8) 17' (wants 1,8)
Contents :
Fly-leaf blank.
Kalendar in Latin, in red and black i
Sequence of the Gospels 13
Obsecro te (ist leaf gone), 18. Salue regina, 30*.
Memoriae (Michael, John Baptist, John Evangelist, Peter and Paul) 31
Hours of the Virgin (beginning with Lauds) 34
(Hours of the Cross and Holy Ghost begin. 33'', 33»: mutilated.)
57''-59 blank.
Seven Psalms (part) and Litany 60
Matins of the Virgin (ist and last leaves gone) 68
Beginning of the Seven Psalms (mut.) 74
ii8 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Office of the dead ( I St leaf gone) 8i
Memoriae (Trinity, the Father, the Holy Ghost, the Veronica, Stephen : in later hand, Magdalene (mut.),
Katherine, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia).
The Use may be of Nantes, or Vannes : lessons at matins, (i) Sancta Maria Uirgo ; (2) S. M. piarum ; (3)
Sancta dei genitrix (as for Rouen, &c.). Capitulum in Lauds. Benedicta et venerabilis.
Prime. Ant. O admirabile. Capit. Gaude maria.
Nones. Ant. Ecce maria. Capit. Sicut cynamomum.
In the kalendar :
Guillermi ep. Aug. 16. Armagili c, r^</ (Vannes).
Launomari abb. 23. Transl. S. Goluini.
Auertini ep. 30. Fiacri c.
. Pauli ep. Oct. i. Sulini c.
Paterni ep. 4. Francis, red.
Albine v. 9. Denis, red.
Maturini c. 11. Cantini ep.
Inuentio s. dyonisii, red. 21. Moderanni ep. (Rennes).
Guillermi ep. 22. Severini ep.
Seruacii ep. 23. Maglorii ep.
Honorati ep. 29. Transl. S. Yuonis.
Yuonis c, red. Nov. 3. Gobriani ep. (Vannes).
Liphardi c. 6. Melanii ep., red (Rennes).
Hueruei c. 15. Maclarii ep.
Goluini ep. (S.-Pol-de-Leon). Dec. 12. Corentini ep.
Visitacio b. m., red. 1 8. Gaciani ep.
Sansonis ep. 30. Perpetui archiep.
Guillermi ep.
In the Litany : Martyrs, Donatiane, Rogatiane. Confessors^ Paterne, Yvo. Virgins, Genovefa, Opor-
tuna, Radegundis, Sapiencia.
That the kalendar is Breton is obvious.
The decoration is undoubtedly provincial : bright in colour, stiff in execution, the gold of good quality :
borders, with plain dotted background, containing real and conventional foliage, birds, &c.
1-4. In text. Pictures of the Evangelists. John writes on island. Luke, in head-dress, in a room. Angel
holds book for Matthew. Mark, in room with black and gold arras, has scroll on knee, In illo tempore re.
5-8. In text. Memoriae (5) Michael, in armour, with balance, stands on a great red devil : castle behind.
(6) John Baptist holds lamb. (7) John Evangelist has cup with blue dragon : eagle by him. (8) Peter and
Paul, keys and sword : black and gold back-ground.
9. Lauds of tJie Virgin. Large. The Visitation : blue architectural frame-work. Two stiff figures.
Buildings in the back-ground.
10. Prime. The Virgin and Joseph (shielding candle-flame) kneel to adore the Child. Stable on L., ox
and ass : pink buildings on R.
11. Tierce. Three shepherds and woman. Angel with scxoW., gloria , . .pax.
12. Sext. Adoration of the Magi : Joseph, on L., behind the Virgin, under the stable roof
*i3. None. Presentation. Symeon, bareheaded on L. : pink altar. The Virgin kneels on R. : behind her
are Joseph and two maids, with candle and doves. Black and gold arras, with gold lettering at top,
AMIMADIIS • AMADLUS.
14. Vespers. Flight. The Virgin and Child riding to R. Joseph, in large hat, follows. Buildings in
landscape.
i^. Compline. The Son, throned on L., with orb and imperial crown. The Virgin kneels on R. : angel
over her with crown. On green drapery at top is Ave Regina cell : on arras Regina letare.
In text. Memoriae. 16. The Trinity. The Father, supporting before Him the body of the Son (not on
the cross) : The Dove, perched on the shoulder of the latter.
Jan.
II.
19.
Feb.
4.
Mar.
13'
16.
y-
Ap.
15-
22.
May
7-
13-
18.
19.
June
3-
17-
July
I.
2.
28.
29.
HORAE (BRITANNY) 119
17. The Son, with orb : clouds below.
18. Pentecost : the Virgin and Apostles, kneeling.
19. The Sudarium, with the Holy Face held by Veronica.
20. Stephen, in dalmatic ; open book ; stone on his head. In a room, with green tile pavement and black
and gold arras.
By another hand :
21. Katherine, crowned, with sword and book : a broken wheel at her feet. Landscape,
aa. Margaret, emerging from the back of a dragon, and holding a small cross. Landscape.
33. Barbara, with palm and open book, on green tile pavement. Tower on R.
24. ApoUonia, with tooth in pincers and open book : pink and gold back-ground.
The execution of all the pictures is very careful, but hard and stiff.
55. BREVIARY (MILAN).
Vellum, 112 x85 mm., if. 292, 26 lines to a page. Cent, xv (1470), in a clear, pretty
Italian hand.
Binding, stamped leather, of cent, xvi, over wooden boards; re-backed.
Collation. i*-io' 1 1" 1 12»-35» ^6^^
Begins with TV Deum (ending with the verse Benedictus es domine deus patrunv nostrorum et laudabilis
et gloriosus in sec. sec.), i.
Psalter, with Antiphons, &c., i*.
Hymns and Cantica, 83.
9o^ Blank.
In nomine domini. Inc. officium totius anni secundum morem s. Ambrosii mediol. ep. In primis
depositio S. Martini ep. ad uesperas (11 Nov.).
This portion has a separate foliation.
Proper of Saints and Proper of Time are in one.
Litanies on f. 20 (no) sqq., again on 65 (155), &c.
Dedicatio ecclesie, 238'', followed by Common of Saints at daily office.
Office of the Dead, 276.
Beroldi Opusculum, 281*.
Beatitudinem et felicitatem sanctorum expcctans : explaining the Ambrosian office for week days. In
eight sections, the initials of which form the name Beroldus.
Ends 286* : Incipiendo ad B. capitali usque in finem nomen prefatum reperies s. Beroldus.
Colophon. Presbyter lohannes syronus canonicus recidens (= residentiary) S. Stephani de uicomerchato
scripsit 1470.
Kalendar in red and black 286''
The Kalendar is full of Milanese Saints.
Note on Feb. 2j. Victoria S. Ambrosii Ep. June i. Finini et Gratiani M.
Ap. I. Abundii Ep. Aug. 31. SS. & MM. Marci et Robustiani.
4. Dep. S. Ambrosii. Sept. 3. Auxiani Ep.
18. Galdini Archiep., added. * 6. Glodealdi C.
May 4. Godeardi Ep. 18. Eustorgii Ep.
5. Geruntii Ep. Nov. 26. Mustiole.
10. Transl. S. Nazarii. Dec. i. Kastritiani M.
17. Tr. S. Syri. 3. Mirocletis archiep.
19. Petri CelestinL 5. Dalmatii.
20. Bernardini. 7. Ordinatio S. Ambrosii, red.
22. Boni C. 13. Matroniani C.
2j. Dep. S. Dionisii Ep. 30. Eugenii Ep.
I20 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Decoration is confined to a few initials of rather indifferent execution.
f. I*". Ps. I. Bust of David.
Other divisions of the Psalter, decorative.
114''. The Nativity, very rough. ijS^. The Risen Christ, with banner.
There seem to be no others with figure-subjects.
56. CICERO.
Vellum, 225 X 155 mm., ff. 91, 26-27 lines to a page. Cent, xv, mainly in two Italian
hands (Roman script), of which the second is the best ; parts of pp. 175-7 are in a rough
Italic hand.
Binding, vellum wrapper, made out of a papal(?) document, dated Naples, 1511.
Collatiott. I " ( + I *) a^O-Q"'.
On the first leaf (reversed) : Jo* Cambiatorii L. de Di: Z.
Aulis eure manas summus sanam erue silua
Sire sutum erebus subere mutus eris
(which read backwards and forwards).
M. Tull: Ciceronis in librum de Diuinatione Prefatio i
Vetus opinio est iam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus
Handsome initial gold on white branch-work : red, blue, green, and gold grounds.
Lib. I ends (defectively, as in all copies) p. 85 : tu quidem inquam paratus.
p. 86. Blank.
Lib. IL 87
The text from Ixix (142) ' eiusmodi ut thesaurus ex ouo ' to Ixxii (150) at 'ex eo ipso' is written in
a rough, small hand.
Ends p. 178: que cum essent dicta surreximus. Finis.
This last line has been rewritten. The last words are still visible at the top of p. 179.
On p. 180, in red : Imbarcare ^'j (a reference to p. 37 of this MS).
57. CICERO.
Vellum, 235 X 163 mm., ff. 72, 25 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a pretty Roman hand :
written in Italy, doubtless at Florence.
In the cover, part of a card (as in no. 58), with the letters Bo (beginning of the surname.
? Boncompagni).
Collation. 110-7" 8". ' '
Belonged to members of the Strozzi family. On 71*, at the end of the text, is :
hie liber est meus laurentii de Strozis 1315 (altered from 1515).
On 71'' : hie liber est laurentii de Strozziis filii federigi.
On 73*: hie liber est philippi de Stroziis filii federigi.
Binding of cent, xviii.
f. 1 has border of white branch-work on red, blue, and green grounds, dotted with white, containing pairs
of genii, animals, and birds. In the lower margin, within a wreath, is a shield party per fess or and azure, in
the centre a roundel (bezant) arg: The work is rather coarse.
In the initial, a half-length of Cicero facing R., in red hood and gold robe, bearded, holding red book :
landscape behind.
Chapters have pretty initials.
CICERO 121
I. Cicero de Amicitia i
*Quintus Mutius augur sceuola . . . prestabilius putetis. Expl. L. Finis.
3. Cicero de Senectute 31
T (sic) Tite si quid ego.
Initial of white branch-work ; a shield was intended to be put in the lower margin, but not executed.
. . . probare possitis. Marci Tulli Ciceronis de senect. Expl.
Note in Italic hand referring to 3.
Titulus huius opusculi est M. T. C. Paradoxum liber . . . ut latini tanto non essent uacui bono.
3. M. T. Ciceronis Paradoxa 57''
Animaduerti Brute (handsome initial) . . . pauperes extimandi sunt. Expl. L. Marci Tulli de Para-
dossis, 71*.
Some Latin distichs and moral sentiments are on 71', 7a'.
58. CICERO.
Vellum, 250 X 190 mm., ff. 77, double columns of 36-37 lines. Cent, xv, neatly written
in Gothic hand.
Red leather binding, with stamp of Cardinal Braschi.
A fragment of a card, with part of an Italian name, is on the cover.
. . . lovio P or R.
a fo. ut nuper tuum.
Collation. I'^-S" (wants 7, 8, 10).
An erased shield in the lower margin of f. i.
1. Marci Tullii Ciceronis Tuscuianarum questionum. Inc. prohemium ad Brutuni I
Cum defensionum laboribus . . . nascetur exordium
M. T. C. tusc. quest, ad Brutum inc. lib. primus 3
Discipulus. Malum mihi uidetur esse mors.
Lib. II. f. 15. Ill.f. aa*.
IV,f.3i. V.f.39.
Ends f. 49 : alia nulla potuit inueniri leuatio.
M. T. Ciceronis Tusc. quest, altterve disputationum ad Brutum Liber quintus et vltimus feliciter expl.
2. M. T. Ciceronis ad Brutum. Inc. lib. de paradoxis 49^**
Animaduerti Brute
Ends f. 54 : existimandi sunt. Hie finem habent paradoxa stoycorum.
M. T. C. lib. de parad. ad B. felic. expl.
3. Eiusdem M. T. C. ad Atticum de senectute liber inc. 54
Atticc si quid ego
Ends f. 63'' : probare possitis.
M. T. C. de Senect. ad Att. lib. felic. expl.
4. M. T. C. ad Atticum de Amicicia lib. inc. 6^
Quintus Muciua augur Sceuola.
Ends f. 73'' : . . . prestabilius putetis.
M. T. C. lib. de Amic. ad Aticum felic. expl.
5. In a smaller hand, the beginning of scholia on the above T^
Intencio Tullii in hoc opere suo est hortari nos acquirere ueros amicos
Kinds : Romanorum consuetudo nomina pren. cogn. et agnomina filiis suis imponere.
6. Somnium Scipionis, without title 77
Cum in affricam uenissem
Ends imperfectly 76'' : que sese moueat neque nata (5 aS).
Only a few lines are missing.
R
122 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
59. CICERO.
Vellum, 215 X 150 mm., fiF. 149 + 4, 25 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a black, clear, Italian
hand, Roman, inclining to Italic.
Stamped brown leather (Italian) over boards ; re-backed with parchment.
Collation, a!^ (i lining cover) i^"-^^" {+ i) 4"-i5" (wants 8, 9) b^ (as a).
I. M. T. Ciceronis Tusculanarum questionum inc. feliciter 1
Cum deffensionum laboribus
Full border, white branch-work on coloured grounds. A shield in lower border, roughly cut out. Three
medallions of heads remain. The work is not specially good : birds and genii occur.
Chapters and Books have some good gold initials, with filling of white branch-work : marginalia in red.
Lib. II, f. 40. Ill, 6o». IV, 87. V, 113.
Ends 148* : inueniri leuatio.
Expl. iam feliciter.
After this is an erasure of two lines.
On the fly-leaves are some very ill-written inscriptions.
60. CICERO.
Vellum, 283x217 mm., ff. 131, 32 lines to a page. Cent, xv, not late, in a pretty
Italian Gothic hand.
Red leather binding (as no. 58), with the Braschi stamp.
Collatioji. i^" 3" (wants 5, 6) 3i'*-i3'''(wants 9) i4*"(wants 3-8).
I use the old foliation
Ciceronis Epistolae ad Diversos.
Epistole Ciceronis (in red).
M. T. C. Lentulo proconsuli i
Ego omni officio
The initial, in gold and white branch-work, with grounds of various colours, has been very pretty, but is
much defaced.
Lib. II. f 10 : wants part of xv and all xvi and xvii (two leaves).
Lib. III. f. I7^ IV. f. a6. V. f. 34. VI. f. 44.
Lib. VIL f. S'i^. VII. f. 63^ IX. f. 70. X. f. 81.
Lib. XI. f. 95. XII. f. 102. XIII. f. Ill : omits xv and xvi. No titles are given after xvii.
Lib. XIV begins f. lai (XIII. liii) Aulo (!) Genucilio. Curuo iam pridem.
Lib. XV (XIV) begins 125'' ; omits vi, viii-x, xiii, xv, xvii. xix-xxii, xxiv.
Lib. XVI (XV) begins laS"". f. 129, with parts of Epp. i, ii, is gone. Omits vii, viii. Ends after two lines
of ix.
ff. 133-138, with end of XVI and beginning of XVII, are gone.
Lib. XVII (XVI) begins f. 139, with last line of xv. Then follow xiv, xvi-xviii, xxi-xxvi, ending 140'' :
dissuauiabor. Me ama. Vale.
There are marginal notes in red in a pretty hand, and some of the Greek passages are well written in, in
margin or in text.
Each Book has had a pretty initial like that of Lib. I : all have been damaged.
CICERO 123
61. CICERO.
Vellum, 252 X 178 mm., ff. 77 + 4, 27 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a good Roman script.
Stamped leather over boards (Italian): clasps gone; five small metal bosses on each
cover.
Collation, a* (i lines cover) i»-9» lo* (wants 4) b* (a lines cover).
Ciceronis de officiis libri.
Quamquam te marce fili I
A pretty initial in gold, with white branch-work on coloured grounds.
Marginalia, some in red : some Latin glosses.
Catchwords are in pretty frames of pen-work.
Lib. IL f.34. IIL sa*", ending JS*
Si talibus monimentis preceptisque letabere. -'
M. T. C. de officiis liber expl. feliciter.
Added : Excellunt cunctos hii libros philosoforum
Libri quos edidit tres tulius officiorum.
Each Book has an initial like the first.
Within the cover is an illegible and mutilated xvth cent, inscription.
62. CICERO.
Paper, 270 x 195 mm., ff. 140, 34 lines to a page. Cent, xv, late, in a good Italic hand.
Binding, with arms of Pius VI, Braschi (1775-1800).
At the bottom of f. i, two genii support a wreath containing a shield guUs, a palm (?) tree with fruit,
a bend azure, bordered or (?), bearing three (?) stars.
Collation. i"-ii«*ia«.
M. T. Ciceronis Epistolac ad Diversos.
Lib. L f. I, pretty initial. ILii. IIL 18. IV. a6*. V. 33". VI. 43\ VIL 5a\ VII L 63'' (begins
with IX. ix). IX(X). 71. X(XI).84. XI (XII).9a\ XII (XIII). 103. XI IL 114 (begins with "xiIL liii).
XIV. 123 (begins with XV. i). XV. 131'' (begins with XVL v).
Ends 137'' : dissuauiabor. Me ama. Laus Deo.
In red capitals : Finit liber ultimus Epistolarum.
M. T. C. Epistolarum Liber fclidter Expl.
Laus omnipotent!.
Inserted in rough red capitals. A. D. MCCCXXXXVII : an absurd date.
Another letter of Cicero's is added in the hand of the original :
Hoc scripsi a. d. .xvi kal. fcbniarii ante lucem. eo die senatus erat futurus . . . opera diligcntia gratia
prouidebo.
The Greek passages are not inserted.
63. CICERO.
Paper, 289 x 190 mm., ff. 273, 32 lines to a page. Cent, xv-xvi, in a good, clear, Italic
hand.
Binding of cent, xviii, no stanip.
Collation. i'» a'" 3* (.') 4"» 5" 6»» ( + 1) 7".-33'» 34".
R a
124 ' WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Ciceronis Epistolae ad diversos.
Marci Tullii Ciceronis Epistolarum Liber Primus Inc. i
Lib. II. i8. III. 31. IV. 47. V. 61. VL 81. VIL 98^ VIII. 1 14*. iii-x and others occur after
f. 13a. IX of editions begins laa'*. X of editions begins f. 149. IX (X). 150. X (XI). i7a\ XI (XII). 189.
XII (XIII). 307. XIII (XIV). 238\ XIV (XV). 346b. XV (XVI). ^63^' begins with XVI. v : ends 373 : in
medio foro uidisamabor me ama et uale.
In red capitals : Marci Tullii Ciceronis Episto|larum liber finit | ANNO M. CCCC. | XVI— ME|N ] . . .V
The bottom of the page is torn away. The date given, 1416, is impossible. Either a C has been erased
or omitted by mistake : 1516 would be a quite possible date.
The Greek passages are not inserted.
64. CICERO.
Paper, 250 x 173 mm., ff. 119, 34 lines to a page. Cent, xv late, in a clear Italic hand.
Red leather binding (as no. 58, &c.), with the Brasch stamp.
Collation, i (four: probably 8-1 1 of a quire) a'^-ii'^ (wants i, 9-ia).
Ciceronis Epistolae ad Diversos.
Begins in VI. xxii. 3. tanto studio esse facturum.
Lib. VII. f. I. A gap from viii, Cognoui preproperam quandam, to xi. § a Nam aut erit hie.
Lib. VIII is omitted.
Lib. IX begins f. 11. Not marked by the original scribe ; omits iv.
The beginning of Lib. VIII (really IX. ix) is on f. 14.
. Lib. X (IX). f. 24.
Lib. XI (X). f. 43.
Lib. XII (XI). f. 53.
Lib. XIII (XII). f. 67^
The scribe begins his Lib. XIII at XIII. liii. f. 83*.
Lib. XIV of the editions begins f. 9c.
Lib. XV (XIV). f. 95\
Lib. XVI (XV). f. Io7^
All but the last line of xxi is gone (a leaf lost after 11 a).
Ends f. 114. Me ama. Vale.
Then follow, without a break :
Brutus Acthico (!). Epp. ad Brutuml.-x.w\\ 114
Brutus Ciceroni. Epp. ad Brutum I. xvi 1 15
M. Cicero Octauio. Si per tuas legiones 117^
Ending 119'' : uitam simul fugere decreui. TeXoy (spurious : p. 965 in the Tauchnitz edition by Nobbe).
65. ALCHEMICA. .
Vellum, 237 X 175 mm., ff. 224 + 2, 31 and 38 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in good hands,
apparently Italian.
Binding, stamped leather over wooden boards. Two metal clasps.
At top of the first cover are the. letters LUM. for (Lumen).
Collation. 3? (i lines cover) i'" a' 3^" [ 4^-118 la" J3« 14" (3, 9 cane.) 15* 161* (3, 11 cane.) ^^^-'i^* 36'*
(la lines cover: i now follows 11).
I use the old foliation.
ALCHEMICA 125
Within the cover :
Liber iste lumen luminum et abbreuiatur sic lum.
A late note in Italian on fly-leaf and various lists of drugs and of contents.
1. Inc. liber qui dicitur lumen luminum i
Cum de sublimiori atque precipuo rerum effectu
Ends 29' uniuersaljter et utiliter predicat.
Expl. liber auctoris inuidiosi. Deo gratias. Amen.
29'", 30* have late notes. 30'', blank, has note
carte 26. qu intern! 3.
2. Another hand :
In nomine domini. Amen. Verba secreta magistri Petri Yspani in arte Alkimie inc feliciter. Amen 31
Petnis yspanus concordat cum philosophis antiquls
38 and much of 39* were left blank. A note on 38* says : hie deficiunt 7 capitula viz. de sublimatione, etc.
38*, 39» have had late notes written on them.
Ends 39'' : in lunam optimam. Hoc uidi et tetigi.
Expl. Verba secreta Mag. Petri Yspani, deo gratias.
3. Inc. liber qui didtur Lilium 40
A minute note : hie liber est alk. 76.
Naturam circa solem et lunam . . . cum omnibus et per omnia explicaui.
ExpL Lilium deo gratias. Amen.
Late note : 2* pars alphabeti : list of terms.
On 5a, 53* (left blank) are extracts :
Ex philosophorum turba nonnuUa que hie deficiebant. (xvi)
S3\ 54. Blank.
4. Inc. liber qui Rosarius intitulatur super lecretb astrologie inferioris. Johannis tyri anglici 55
Minute note : hie Liber est Yd'e xi.
Desiderabile desiderium et impretiabile
Ends 73 : thesaurus insupcrabilis preciosissimus. Amen.
Expl. liber . . . inferioris. Amen. Et est liber Johannis tyri anglici.
73*. Blank.
5. Liber alkimicus metricus (so in Table at end) 74
Fili doctrinam sacram ter porrigo binam
(Most of these verses occur in no. 4).
Minute note on 74 : Vide de his et sequentibus S 61. luifi. 89. The. 125. cla. 32.
Per par fermentum totum docet experimentum 77*
Explicit. Item alii
Utiliter quedam sapientum dicta quod edam
Hac habita sede pacts in ede sede. Expl.
Late notes, 78.
6. A smaller hand.
Inc liber uerborum secrctos Hermetis artis alkimie. Et uocatur liber perfect! magisterii 79
Minute note : Ab auricula.
Quoniam subtilis et ingeniosa ministratio . . . arbitratum fuerit ad veram praticam pertinere.
Expl. lib. verborum secretorum hermetis. Qui sec. quosdam uocatur perfect! magisterii liber eo quod
perfecte tradatur in eo breuiterque ac sub compendio uerax magisterium totius artia alkimie.
Signs of the planets follow.
Later note in Roman hand 86
Secrctum secretorum hermetis secretissimum hoc est
Vere sine mendatio . . . quod diximus in operatione solis.
126 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
7. Inc. compendium Lucidii 87
Compendium Lucidii coUectum est de dictis Aristotelis Hermetis et aliorum . . . trahet post se ferrum
sicut magnes. Finis dec gr.
8. Inc. theorica ultra examinationem peroptima ad cognitionem totius artis alkimice ueritatis 99
Naturam intellectui fore subiectam
Pars II (Practica), Io8^ Rough marginal drawings of apparatus.
Pars II of Practica, ii^^- Drawings of apparatus, II7^
Ends 123 : non solum substinebit cineritium sed cementum.
Ejcpl. pratica Hbri compositi a fratre Paulo de Tarento ordinis fratrum minorum qui fuit lector fratrum
minorum in asisio in arte alkimica.
9. Inc. liber fratris Helye intitulatus Vademecum 223
Drawing of apparatus.
Cum de infrascriptis aquis . . . metallorum simplicium secundum constellationes planetarum.
(marg.) Expl. Vade mecum fr. Helye de ord. min. Deo gr. Amen.
10. Mag. Albertus de bononia. De pulcra forma margaritarum seu preciosorum lapidum 125''
Calefiat cristallus in sartagine . . . mixtum fiet sol. Deo gr. Amen. Expl.
127 is palimpsest, over small writing in double columns, not very old. 127''. Blank.
11. Flos florum mag. Arnaldi de villa noua 128
Uidi senem nimia claritate . . . et ultimate rubeus. Finitur igitur flos florum. Benedictus deus nunc
et in euum . . . qui liber dicitur Rosarius quia est nobilissimus super alios libros omnes in huiusmodi arte
alkimie. Deo gr. Amen.
12. Allegoric phylosophice : scil. Hermetis 130''
Inc. sapiens Hermes. Si camelorum tuorum tertiam partem consumas
Hand changes on 131''.
. . . fiet sicut uis deo annuente. Expl. alleg. phy. s. Hermetis.
■ 13. Inc. liber qui dicitur Turba philosophorum 132''
Cum turba philosophorum plurima de multis regionibus . . . omne punctum fixum, etc. Expl. t. ph.
deo gr. Amen.
14. Inc. tract, mag. Petri de Zeleuce de occultis nature 146
Actendite doctrine filii eloquia mea . . . ac uenenum faciendum. D. g. Amen.
Expl. opus mag. P. de Z. de occ. nat.
1 J. Inc. liber mag. Arnoldi de uilla noua de secretis nature 152
Scito fili quia in hoc libro . . . spiritus habeamus scripturarum. ExpL D. g. Amen.
16. Liber Uguictii qui dicitur. Lilium intelligentie philosophorum. Inc. prol. 154''
Ad composicionem uniuscuiusque opusculi . . . supplicio tollerando. Amen. Expl. prol.
In nomine domini. Amen. Fili carissime scias spiritus damini qui ferebatur super aquas . . . merear
uitam eternam. Amen. 1^5
Expl. lib. lilium intell. phil. D. g. Amen.
17. Inc. textus mag. Vemaldi de operationibus et preparationibus ueris 158''
Small notes : cla. 34 : and : deficit principium.
Recipe mercurium extractum artificialiter . . . et in aquam reductis. Finis. D. g.
Late notes on 164.
18. Inc. liber lucis mag. Joh. de rupescissa et primo inc. prol. 164''
Consideraui tribulationes electorum
Text. Materia lapidis est res una . . . cui est honore decus fortitude gloria et imperium per infin. sec. sec.
ame. Expl. lib. lucis ed. per fr. Joh. de nipescissa. D. g. Amen.
Drawings of apparatus, 168''. ifiS*"
19. Inc. liber claritatis mag. Mathei de Sicilia 169
Pater Reuerende et domine licet artium liberalium . . . peruenire faciat adoptatum. Expl. lib. clar.
mag. M. de S. D. g. Amen.
Drawing of furnace fills up the page (172'). A full-page drawing on 172''.
ALCHEMICA 127
JO. Inc. liber radicalis principii ^73
Circa prohemium tractatus libri huius operis est notandum . . . diminuitur et eflfectus.
Margin. Explicit. Quod sequitur est Alberti in mineralibus.
21. Argenti uiui materia est humiditas . . . totum ut uinum argentum 185
Hie est finis huius tractatuli pulcri et utilis et precipue ad cognoscendum doctrinam philosophorum et
ad intelligendam dicu obscura eorum. D. g. Amen.
22. Versus boni pro lapide philosophorum pro medicinis, etc., pro omnibus aliis iBd*"
Spiritus inspirans deus inque tota rota girans
Aspirans numen sanctum de lumine lumen.
Sections are :
Capitulum arislei phylosophi auctoris turbe philosophorum 187
Et docet insompnis ratio que non capit omnis.
Quod iam uiuat ei natus mire speciei. Expl. cap.
Nomen massa rebis est res duplex quasi re bis 189
• ••••••
Combibe pigmenta se quod teneant elementa.
De ponderibus 189*
Pars sit sinceris tres bissi corporis eris.
Terminus et primus in quo tribus igaibus ymus. ExpL
Ut mens certa sciat hoc quod regimen bene fiat 190''
Donee iungantur nee distent ingrediantur.
Finis est D. g. Amen.
33. Inc. pratica Marie prophetisse sororis Moysi et aaron 192''
Accedcns aaron ad mariam prophettsam sororem suam salutans earn dixit. O prophetissa soror mea
audiui siquidem de te multoties quod albificas lapidem in uno die. Respondit Maria. Utique O aaron per
deum et in parte diei.
Ends : et ipsi ignorant vcritatem rcgiminis propter eorum ignorantiam vasis.
Expl. pratica siue secretum Marie prophetisse. D. g. Amen.
24. Inc. liber de essentiis essentiarum b. Thome de aquino doctoris eximit. 193*
Magnifico principi ac 111"* domino suo R. primogenito regis ierusalem et sicilic, etc.
Cum igitur prima causa et summa
Lib. I has 9 tractatus. Lib. II (f. 208) has two.
Ends aio* : peruenire domino dirigente quern bcnedicam in sec sec. Amen. Expl. tract, b. Th. de Aq.
doctoris eximii de essentiis essentiarum. D. g. Amen.
A paragraph in another hand 210''
Libri quos compilauit fr. Th. de Aquino. Scripsit cnim tam super sententias . . . igitur sua doctrina
est ualde generalis.
35. f. 311, which should follow, is now af^er f. 32c.
It b^ins: testament! (which is the catchword on 210'').
Item compendium quod alias apertorium nuncupatur.
Item specimentationem ucl dedaratorium. lapidarium. comentum.
This seems like the end of a list of works which may have been begun on sio*" and erased. It is in a good
hand. Alchemical notes in the same hand follow.
On 311^ is a rota.
ff. 212-320 contain figure and tables in red and black, with some explanatory text ; very well done.
In the second cover, under the parchment lining (on which is a full table of contents), is a volvcl of nine
layers fastened by a central pin with ornamental head.
Each treatise has a rather handsome initial in gold and colour, and in general condition and aspect the
book is far superior to most of the many alchemical manuscripts I have seen.
128 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
66, 67. ASTRONOMICA.
Vellum, 405 x305 mm., ff. 170+123, 41 lines to a page. Cent, xv (1474): in a clear
Flemish Gothic hand, with showy ornaments. A single volume, foliated continuously;
bound in two volumes : red morocco of cent, xix, with gold tooling and the Crawford arms.
Collation. I. 1I2-312 410 ^10 6i2_£,i2 j^s (^^^ cane.) \\^-\^^^ (wants 12).
The collation is difficult and uncertain for quires 4-10.
11. 1I2-712 ( + 1) 8i2_ioi2 ij4 (wants 4).
Vol. I foliated 1-169. II foliated 170-292.
3 fo. communiter consistit.
I. Ptolemaei Almagestum (without title).
Quidam principes nomine Albuguafe in libro suo quern scienciarum electionem et verborum nominauit
In thirteen dictiones. The capitula of the 8th are omitted. Each, except the second, has a handsome
initial in colour on gold, with a little patch of line- and leaf-ornament on plain ground. Initials to chapters are
in red or blue, with pen-flourishing. Tables are finely written. Marginal diagrams in pen and ink, very neat.
Text ends f. 169":
et honestum est ut ponamus hie finem libri.
In two places there has been a clue to ownership, now removed. On the lower margin of f. i has been
a shield, now erased and replaced by a coarse ornament in green, blue, and orange, with gold, on both sides
of the leaf.
Similarly, on f. 127, a square patch with three bands of colour, orange, silver (or gold), and blue, has
probably replaced a shield.
II. f. 170 a blank. Traces of erasure in lower margin.
• 2. In nomine domini Amen. Inc. liber introductorii maioris Albumazaris 170''
Apud latinos in areium principiis quedam ars extrinseca prescribi solet librorum
Cap. 1. Primum itaque nobis que causa qua intentione hominem in terra positum
Lib. VIII ends 217'':
per ordinem deductum ad 20 leonis gradum peruenit.
Expl. lib. introductorii maioris albumasaris anno dni 1474.
3. Prohemium in astrolabium Messahallach 218
Scito quod astrolabium est nomen cuius interpretacio est acceptlo stellarum
Cap. I. Cum uolueris facere astrolabium ad latitudinem cuiusque regionis
The figures, in red and black, are very neat and good.
Ends f. 231 ;
talis est comparatio stature tue ad planiciem.
Expl. practica astrolabiL
4. Inc. tract, de compositione et utilitate quadrantis secundum modernos 231
Geometric due sunt species scil. theorica et practica .
f. 332* is left blank for a figure.
Ends f. %<*,(>■. dabit capaeitatem et hec sufiiciant dicta.
Expl. tract, antiqui quadrantis.
Tables of ' introitus solis ' into the signs, of verus and medius motus augis solis, Coniunctiones medie
saturni et iouis, Motus lunarium. 236''
5. Inc. nouus quadrans correctus a petro dane de Sancto Audomaro 242
Quoniam conceditur opus huius instrumenti operi astrolabii
Marginal figures of brick and stone towers appear on 250'', 251.
Ends f. 254 : Hiis completis auxiliante deo huic tractatui finis est opponendus. Expl.
f. 254'' is blank.
6. Inc. practica astrolabii mag. lohannis hyspalensis translata de libro Albumazar/j ysmahelite 255
ASTRONOMICA 129
Cap. I :
Primum horum est armilla per quam suspcnditur astrolabium
Ornament on lower margin exactly as on f. i.
Ends f. 261 : tunc scies quod februarius ex 29 constabit diebus.
Expl. opus astrolabii translatum de arabico in latinum a ioh. yspalensi.
7. Canon super tabulas regis alfoncii adi*"
Tempus est mensura motus ut uult aristoteles
The Tables begin on f. 270 and continue to f. 293», where is the colophon
Expl. tabule illustrissimi principb Alphonsi olim r^is castelle.
The decorative initials in this book are just as in no. 66. The whole must have been done for a wealthy
collector.
68. MATTH. PALMERIUS.
Paper, 217 x 140 mm., ff. 90, 28 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a clear Roman hand.
Paper boards.
Collation. i'»-7" 8«.
Macthei Palmerii liber de Temporibus : et primo prohemium.
Animis nostris innatum esse constat ut prestantcs ingcnio viri
Dedicated to Pictro dci Medici.
A large and rather coarse initial in gold and colour.
Another on i\ and a third on 2^
In the lower margin a shield added in pen and ink washed with colour ; supporters, a bear (?) and a Hon ;
asttrt, a bend dexter wavy org. In the sinister chief a fleur de lys or.
Prologue ends : temporum distinctionc cognoscere. i*
Expl. prohemium. Inc. prefatio libri. Quercnti michi sepenumero . . . et quod transcripxerit ad
exemplaria conferat et cmendet. ExpL pref.
Inc. liber de Temporibus a*
A principio mundi siue ab Adam primo hominum
The annals really begin with A. D. i on f. 3'', and end with 1448, f, 9o».
Mediolanenses laudum receperunt. Expl.
Anno Domini 1449.
The latter part of these Annals, from 1294 to 1449, and a Continuation, are printed in Muratori, Rer. Ital.
Scriptt. series ii, torn. i. There were several previous editions of the latter portion : the earlier, from a. d. i
to 448, does not seem to have been printed.
The author died in 1483.
69. SPECULUM SALUTIS.
Paper, 281 X2i2 mm., ff. 42, alternate leaves of pen-and-ink drawings and text : the
latter in single lines at top, then in double columns, 46 lines in all from top to bottom.
Cent. XV, late, written in Germany, in an ugly current hand.
Binding, old blue velvet.
At top of f. I, over an erasure, is written :
Carthouse de Mont Pellier
1 . 77 (whether 1377 or 177 . 1 am not sure). (
There is no trace of a house of Carthusians at Montpellier.
s
I30
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The book may, perhaps, be identical with a volume given to the Duke of Sussex by Dr. Butler, and
appearing as no. 99 in his sale catalogue. But it does not appear in Pettigrew's Bibliotkeca Sussexiana.
Collation, i (six) 2" (wants 3) 31" 4" (wants 14).
The arrangement of the book is as follows :
Drawings.
A-H are eight half-length figures of prophets or sages with scrolls.
I is a New Testament subject.
K, L are types from the Old Testament.
M, N are types from Natural History. This last feature distinguishes
this book from all others known to me.
The text is arranged to suit the pictures.
The single lines at top refer to the subject I.
. The double columns to subjects K-N.
The text of the first remaining page of drawings is gone.
In the following description the figures of prophets will be num-
bered from A to H (beginning at the top on /., E being the uppermost
on r.). The New Testament picture will be called I, the O. T. types
K and L (/. and r.), and the Natural History types M and N (/.
A
I
E
B
F
K
L
C
G
M
N
D
H
and r.).
I. f. I-
A. David.
David.
A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen
tuum.
B. Ysa. Obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo.
C, D. Blank.
E. Solomon. Stultus ut luna mutatur sapiens autem per-
manet ut sol.
Benedicite stelle celi domino.
Sol rediit lineis decem in horologio regis
Sole distans luna crescit, iuxta uilescit.
Sun and moon in sky, and the words prelati ecclesie. On r.
a. f.i*
1. On /. a doctor, behind him three laymen.
Christ speaking, and an apostle.
K. losue killing a prostrate king.
L. Horologium, a clock with weights. The sun in the sky. Achab rex (should be Achaz) sits on r.
M. Lupus, a wolf approaching a tree. Five moons in the sky.
N. Below, a well. In the sky, the sun and six moons, three of them partially obscured. Inscr. :
tune radius minuitur.
A. David. Annuntiem brachium tuum generacioni omni que uentura est.
B. Naum. Dirumpam uincula tua . . .
c, D. Blank.
E. Ysaias. Ut dicas hiis qui uincti sunt exite et qui in tenebris conuertimini.
leremias. Pars mea dominus dixit anima mea.
fac rex ut saluer.
Agnus deposcit matrem quam sub grege nescit.
On /. Johannes (Baptist) looking out of a tower (prison). Two discipuli lohannis facing r.
Christ, on r., speaks to them.
K. Josue introducens populum in terrain promissam. Three men in plate armour. House on a .
rock on r.
L. Nuncii abner missi. Two messengers approach David seated on R.
M. Swallows (schalwen) on house-tops (type of John Baptist). The text quotes Pliny.
N. Grex agnorum. Lambs bleating. Isidore says that they know their mothers by their voice.
In describing the remaining pictures I shall take no note of the prophecies, many of which, especially in
the latter part of the book, are not inserted.
F.
G.
H.
I.
SPECULUM SALUTIS 131
3. f.j*. I. Annunciation.
K. Angel appears to Abraham and Sarah.
L. Manoah. Angel stands by his sacrifice.
M. The fish Scurio (Aristotle, Hist. Anim.) which lives on air only.
N. Two vultures on trees. Rabanus says this bird ' concipit sine omnis masculini seminis com-
mixtione '.
4. f.3*. I. The Visitation.
K. Aaron and Moses meet.
L. The two Cherubim : one only is shown. The tables of the Law in the form of two horn-books,
lie before him.
M. Two turtle doves.
N. Two palm trees embracing.
5. f. 5'. I. Four persons — a bishop, a king, and two others— adore the Child Christ.
K. The Egyptians adore Joseph. ,
L. Ehud stabs Eglon. (God sent Israel a saviour.)
M. A cock and hen, hawk above. (The hen gathers her chickens under her wings.)
N. The fish called Cetus Marinus swallows its offspring before a storm.
6. f. 5*. I. Two messengers sent by the Jews to John.
K. Elisha gives his staff to Gehazi. The dead boy lies in front. (Gehazi, type of John.)
L. Elijah. Behind him, and seemingly in air, Ahab in his chariot. (Elijah ran before Ahab.)
M. A she-bear (forms its shapeless cub by licking it). John Baptist supplied the raw material for
Christ.
N. The cock. It crows to warn us that day is at hand.
7. f. 7». I. Mary and Joseph, both seated, about to join hands. An angel's head on R. addressing Joseph.
K. Saul searching for David.
L. The woman (of Rev. xii) clothed with the sun.
M. A maid with a unicorn laying its head on her lap.
N. Women search for sapphires.
8. f. 7^ I. The Nativity. Joseph seated at the Virgin's feet.
K. Jacob sends Joseph to his brethren.
L. The stone cut out without hands (Dan. ii) breaks the image.
M. The ostrich, whose eggs are hatched by the sun.
N. The herb Capparis grows best in unfilled soil.
The next picture-leaf is gone, but the text remains. It contained :
9. I. The angel and shepherds.
K. Moses and the Burning Bush.
U Raphael says to Tobit gaudium libi sit.
U. Stags charmed by music.
N. Dolphins love music.
10. I. Circumcision of Christ.
%.. God's covenant with Abraham.
L. Joshua circumcises the people.
M. The beaver bites off its glands.
N. Taurus castratus plus crescit.
11. I. Puer Ihesus crcscebat. He addresses a group.
K. Samson meets the lion.
L. Samuel reading at desk in temple.
M. Fawns {/tinnuii) look at the sun : their horns grow.
5. Shell-fish grow with the waxing moon.
I a. I. Flight into Egypt.
K. Moaes flees from Pharaoh.
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132 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
L. David flees from Saul.
M. The doe flees the hunter.
N. The onager flees the lion, giving forth a sweet odour.
13. I. Idols fall in Egypt.
K. Moses and the golden Calf.
L. Dagon falls.
• M. A spring which takes all lust away.
N. Herrings die in a light breeze.
14. I. The Return.
K. Abraham goes out of Egypt.
L. Jacob goes into the Land of Promise.
M. Doves return to their house ;
N. Bees to their hive.
15. I. Adoration of the Magi.
K. Solomon and Hiram.
L. Solomon and Queen of Sheba.
M. Herrings gather together on seeing light.
N. Mullets attracted by the net.
16. I. Jesus and the doctors.
K. Samuel and Eli.
L. Daniel and the Elders.
M. Two springs in Thessaly making sheep white and black.
N. Locust (a sort of dragon), small, but eating large plants (?).
17. I. Baptism of Christ.
K. Elisha anointed by Elijah.
L. Aaron anointed.
M. Eagle bathes in cold water.
N. Stags eat serpents.
.18. I. Marriage at Cana.
K. Isaac digs well.
L. Elisha heals waters at Jericho.
M. Elephant drinks wine.
N. Cetus marinus and balena.
19. I. Leper healed.
K. Miriam healed.
L. Naaman healed.
M. The caladrius signifies recovery of sick.
N. Burnt mole (mulwerf) cures leprosy.
ao. I. Jesus in the ship sleeps.
K. Moses divides the sea.
L. The ark carried over Jordan.
M. The Halcyon's nest.
N. The echinus immovable in a storm.
ai. 1. The good seed, and tares sown (by the devil).
K. Samson and the foxes.
L. The prohibition of the Tree of Life.
M. A small beast, Leo thosana {Leotitopkona), burnt, kills lions.
N. Hellebore eaten by madmen (?).
aa. I. The Householder seeking Labourers.
K. Jacob serves for Rachel.
L. The prophet Hananiah comforts the people.
SPECULUM SALUTIS 133
M. Elephants cannot bend their knees.
N. Ants gather food in summer.
33. I. The Sower.
K. Isaac sows.
L. Midian and Amaiek reap Israel's com.
M. A gardener cutting a tree.
N. Pigeons picking out good grains from a heap.
34. I. Jesus heals the blind man at Jericho.
K. Tobit healed.
L. Jonathan's ' eyes are lightened '.
M. Eagle looks at the sun.
N. Lizard looks at the sun.
35. I. Jesus says ' When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites '.
K. Moses fasts on the mount.
U Elijah in the desert.
M. A fasting-man's spittle kills snakes.
N. Sheep die from ovcr-cating.
36. I. Jesus says that the Father sent Him.
K. Isaiah. Hezekiah on the sick-bed.
L. Moses prays to see God.
M. The pelican feeds its youi^ (?).
N. Lambs are of their mother's colour.
37. I. Jesus points to one praying in a room.
K. Isaac prays for Rebekah.
L. Hannah prays.
M. A beast called Bachora can break stones with its mouth.
N. Sparrow touches the ground with its foot before flying.
aS. I. Jesus says. Love your enemies.
K. David cuts Saul's garment
L. Tobit instructs Tobias.
M. The Lynx forgets what it does not look at
N. The coot brings up eaglets cast out of the nest.
39. I. Peter walks on the sea.
K. EUsha and Elijah cross Jordan.
L. Noah in the ark.
M. Deer cross the sea.
V. The • Indolatra ', a four-winged beast, flies over sea.
30. I. The First Temptation of Christ.
K. The devil (human form, hoofed) tempts Eve.
L. Jacob tempts Esau.
M. Pig fed with acorns.
N. The onocrolalus catches fish.
31. I. The Second Temptation (on the Temple).
K. Satan, at Joshua's right hand, rebuked (Zech. iii).
L. Hezekiah shows his treasures.
M. The peacock (pride).
N. The stag caught by his horns of which he is proud.
3a. i. The Third TempUtion. Jesus is shown a king and a merchant.
K. The King of Sodom and Abraham.
L. Naaman and Gehazi.
M. The ' Galena ', a winged beast, kills proud men.
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N. The crow pursues the eagle till turned upon and destroyed.
33. I. Jesus speaks of the Last Judgment.
K. Judgment of Solomon.
L. The horseman of the Apocalypse with bow.
M. Dolphins (like pigs) devour men.
N. The ' Bali ' (ichneumon) eats serpents.
34. - I. Jesus cleanses the Temple.
K. David casts the lame out of Salem.
L. Judas Maccabaeus purifies the Temple.
M. Dogs driven out of a garden.
N. Foxes driven out by badgers.
35. I. Christ shows a woman sweeping a house and seven devils entering it.
K. Lot flees from Sodom. Pillar of salt with his wife's bust on top.
L. Asa, in old age, persecutes.
M. Hawks begin by killing flies, then birds, then animals.
N. Storks fighting in the plains of Asia.
36. I. Jesus tells the Jews to believe Moses.
K. Moses says : A prophet will the Lord raise up.
L. Moses prays against Amalek.
M. Small elephants cross the river first.
N. Quails (vulgo brachfogel) save their companions who fall into the sea.
37. I. The man healed at Bethesda.
K. Nebuchadnezzar recovers.
L. Jehoiachim released.
M. Mergics seeks safety in the water.
N. The Ibis hatches its eggs near water (?).
38. I. The Transfiguration. (Moses and Elias, both on R.)
K. Moses sees the Lord.
L. Isaiah sees the Lord.
M. The Lion spares a man.
N. A lake in Italy gives distaste for wine.
39. I. The Syrophenician's daughter healed.
K. Hagar prays. Ishmael is saved.
L. Ahasuerus touches Esther with sceptre.
M. The mare loves its foal.
N. Hunter with gun ; partridge lures him away from its nest.
40L 1. Christ prophecies His passion.
K. Jeremiah predicts the captivity : two men with their legs (and hands ?) in a great pair of stocks.
L. Micaiah prophesies Ahab's death.
M. The ' haana ', a beast like a dog, has gall in its ear.
N. The stag has gall in its tail.
41. I. Jesus rebukes the Jews.
K. The priests eat the sacrifices of Bel.
L. Jeroboam adores the calf
M. The falcon makes the ardea vomit up its prey.
N. Owls in churches eat pigeons' eggs.
42. I. Jesus and the mother of James and John.
K. Moses promises the good land to the people.
L. David promises the kingdom to his followers.
M. The achaules (grasmugg) feeds its young.
N. The vulture teaches its young to feed on carrion.
SPECULUM SALUTIS 135
43. I. Jesus says, I am the Living Bread.
K. The Manna.
L. The widow and the oil.
M. The Tyssus, a beast, cures leprosy.
N. The crab pursues the oyster.
44. I. The wicked Husbandmen slay the Heir.
K. Joseph taken by the brethren.
L. Joram kills the princes.
M. • Caniculus lassus. omnes persequuntur '.
N. * Corocrates animal '.
(The text applying to this page is gone.)
The style of these drawings is beneath contempt : but the collection of subjects is interesting. The hand
is so difficult that I have been unable in some cases properly to read the text explaining the Natural History
subjects. And the relation of nearly all of them to the'N.T. subject is extremely far-fetched and puzzling.
The authorities chiefly quoted are Aristotle, Isidore, Pliny, Jacobus (de Vitriaco), Ambrosius (the Physiologus),
Solinus, Liber rcrum (Bartholomaeus Anglicus?).
70. SEPTEM SAPIENTES, Ere.
Paper, 213 x 145 mm., ff. 258, 35, 29, etc. lines to a page. Cent, xiv-xv, in various hands.
Binding, original. Skin (now greenish), over boards with bevelled edges. At top
(middle) of first cover an iron staple with chain of five links and terminal ring attached.
One clasp gone. On the second cover a parchment label inscribed :
Historia septem sapientum et tractatus de ,xii consiliis et moralitates holkot, etc.
These arrangements show that the book lay on a desk, on its \.. side : and there must
have been a rod running along the top of the desk, to which the chain was fastened.
CoUaticH. i"-3" 4* I 5"-8'* (wants 10) | 9"-i7" (wants 5) | i8"-ao" ai* | a quire of 12 leaves gone |
aa" I 23" (8 a fragment. 9-13 gone).
I use the old foliation, which runs from 1 to 273.
1. Historia septem sapientum i
Poncianus in urbe Roma regnauit prudens valde qui uxorcm
Ends 36'' : et iter in pace vitam finierunt. Expl. historia septem sapientum.
Inc. moralizatio cuiuslibet hystorie 36''
Poncianus r^nauit qui unicum filium habebat qui septem sapientibus erat traditus. Per istum imperato-
rem intelligere debcmus quemlibet christianum.
Ends 43'' on the story: quidam mcdicus fuit nomine ypocras . . . habet se subleuantem non solum deum
(unfinished).
ff. 43, 4. blank.
The incipit agrees with that of the text edited from the Innsbruck MS. of 1342 by G. Buchner in Varn-
hagen's Erlangtr Beitreigt, 5. 1889.
2. Incipiunt moralitates holkot 45
Theodosius de vita alexandri. Rex cecilie Alcxandrum ad conuiuium inuitauit
In 47 chapters, agreeing with those enumerated by Ocsterley in Gesta Romanorum, p. 246. See also
J. A, Herbert, Brit. Mus. Cat. of Romances, iiL 106.
Ends f. 70'' : metu tcrritus inferni tormentorum.
3. Inc ymagines fuigencii yo*"
Refert fulgcncius de ornatu orbis.
136 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
In 32 chapters : the last (Ymago luxurie sub figura veneris) ends SS*" :
Secundum quod habetur sap. 5 de . . . luxuriose uiuentibus Exph'ciunt ymagines sec. fulgencium.
89-92. blank (90 cut out).
The work not uncommonly occurs with no. 2. Cf. Oesterley 1. c.
4. De octo beatitudinibus 93
Videns Ihesus turbas, etc. Hodie sancta mater ecclesia ipsius sancti sanctorum . . . merces fructus
ventris Amen. Benedictus deus quia hie facta {or sancta) sunt.
Expl. tract, de viii beatitudinibus iii''
Further notes on the Beatitudes follow 112
117. blank.
5. De xii consiliis 117
Quesiui ilium per plateas ciuitatis. Cant. Verba proposita possunt esse anime amorose
Ends unfinished ? qualitercunque cordis intencio videatur.
137''. blank.
6. On 138, 139. De peccato 138
De peccato primo considerandum est quid sit . . . preseruati fuerint quod nobis concedat.
139'', 140. blank.
7. Postilla in Joh. i (much contracted hand) 141
Ambulaui in magnis et in mirabilibus super me ps.
luxta illud sapientis (?) qui custodit os suum . . . deus excelsus in syon ad cuius claram visionem nos
perducat I. C. qui cum patre et sp. s. uiuit et regnat deus. Amen, Amen.
191-300. blank.
8. Super Genesim optima postilla. 201
In principio creauit, etc. Omnia preponamus et que postea (?) sacre scripture
. Ends unfinished f. 240*.
Ei ait dominus ad serpentem. Hie describitur inflictio pene
On 240'' are some notes in a rough hand in alphabetical order.
ff. 241-252 are wanting. They contained, according to an old list within the second cover (where the items
are lined out) :
Item sermo de anno et de mensibus anni, 241.
Item tractatus de confessionibus audiendis, 248.
9. Tractatus qui inc. Ortus conclusus. 2153
Ortus conclusus soror mea sponsa. Sciendum quod religio . . . ut sine fine desideratam valeam inuenire
coronam. Amen (thrice).
Isolated notes on 262, 263 : 264 blank.
10. Item sermo bonus ad clerum de assumpcione virginis. 265
Another hand :
Ascendit super omnes celos. Ad Eph. 4. Reverendi patres : prout pietate
Ends : dat dona hominibus. que nobis concedat, etc. Amen.
1 1. In uigilia natiuitatis sermo. 367''
Inuenta est in utero habens de spiritu sancto. Mt. i. In hac sacratissima uigilia stupens
Ends : nos hie in presenti dirigat et postremo aduitam (?) eternam perducat. Amen. 272'
272 is only a slip : the writing on the verso has been obliterated.
The title of a last item in the table, which began on f. 273, is obliterated.
At the middle of each quire is a slip of vellum with writing on it. On one between ff. 194, 5 are the words
' accepit engulhardus ', which confirms the suspicion of a German origin for the book.
PILGRIM'S ROLL 137
71. PILGRIM'S ROLL.
Vellum Roll, 12 cm. broad x about 2 m. 0-53 cm. long, on three skins. Cent, xiv-xv,
clearly written, probably in Italy. One or more skins are wanting at the top.
Contents :
I. End of tract called Mirabilia urbis Rotnae. It is not the same text as that edited by Montfaucon,
Diarium Italicum (lyoi, p. 283) : a convenient small edition was printed at Rome in 1864, &c
This fragment begins :
Tempore tiberii Imperatoris uenerunt Romam duo iuuencs phy(losophi) viz. prassituUus et fidias et penitus
nudi incedebant, etc.
Only 32 lines remain, ending :
Multa palatia et templa Imperatorum et consulum et prcfectorum ciuium in urbe Romana fuerunt mire
pulcritudinb ex auro argento et ere et ebore ac preciosis lapidibus et marmoribus diucrsorum colorum.
Amen.
Expl. mirabilia urbis Rome.
3. Hec sunt orationes Vcronice. •
Salue sancta facies, etc., and Collects.
3. Infrascripte sunt indulgentie eccUsiarum patriarchalium ac parachialium (!) urbis Rome. Que extractc
Juerunt a cronicis b. petri apostoli a. d. »»". «V». bnfi. In sane to petro.
Papa Siluester assignauit in cronica sua. quod in omni ecclesia patriarchali ac parochiali, etc.
The other sections are: In S. Paulo, In S. Johanne de Laterano.
Ends : Item in capela que dicitur sancta sanctorum vii annl
Infrascripte sunt Reliquie per hos versus:
Iste locus Celebris nostris sic uersa in horis
Ut ueteri populo sancte domus interioris
Circumcisa caro Christi sandalia clara
Ac umbilici urget hie pretiose cara
De ueio matris domini carisque capillis
Et lac quod sacris sumpsisti Christe mamillis
H ic panis cene soccr (saccr) est humerusque mathei
Vestis Batiste cum mento Bartholomci
Hie Eufemie Capud Angnetisque (Agnetisque) Secundc
Et petri paulique capud pars de cruce sancta
Hiis sotiata manet carissima pi^ora quanta
Rassitani nouiter banc funditus hcdificauit
Papa Nicolaus urcinua et ipse sacrauit
Corpora sanctorum xl pars Innocentum.
Continues :
In S. Maria Maiore, In S. Laurentio, In S. Sebastiano, In S. Anastaxio, In S. Cruce, In S. Petro ad
uincula. In S.Eustachio, In Transtiberina (many other churches are noticed in the sections).
Ends : Sunt Rome M.CCC.XXIIIJ capelle.
Omnes supradicte indulgentie dupplicantur tempore quadragesime (q ties').
Expl. Indulg. sanctorum urbis Rome.
4. Infrascripte sunt stationes sanctorum urbis Rome.
Dominica in septuagestma statio ad S. laur. extra muros.
Goes down to Easter : the last line illegible.
Expl. stationes sanctorum urbis Rome. Deo gratias. Amen.
The roll was evidently intended for use by a pilgrim. Simibr manuals in English and other vernacular
languages were current. See Fumivall, Stacions of Rome, E.E.T.S.
138 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
72. ROLL OF THE WORLD.
Vellum Roll, 235 cm. broad x 3-20 m. long. Cent, xiii-xiv, possibly in an Italian hand.
Bought at Edinburgh, Sept. 1890.
Roll of sacred history. *
Considerans hystorie sacre prolixitatem necnoti et difficultatem scolarium
It contains the genealogies from Adam to the birth of Christ.
The last names are : L. Antipater, R. Augustus. Tiberius . . . sub quo dominus est passus.
In c. at bottom is a large drawing of the seven-branched candlestick. The principal colours are red,
blue, and yellow.
Below this are the verses on Anna's daughter : ~
Anna solet dici tres concepisse Marias
Tertia maiorem Jacobum uolucremque Johannem.
The genealogies are in red and blue frames.
On the back a somewhat later scribe has sketched out a series of genealogies headed Regna mnttdi,
beginning with Nembroth and going down to Tarquifiius supcrbus. Very little of the text has been written.
These chronological rolls are of very frequent occurrence. The text of this one, Considerans hystorie
sacre prolixitatem, is the most usual. It is attributed to Petrus Pictavensis.
73. PEDIGREES: PETER POTS, Etc.
Paper, 510 x 392 mm., ff. 18. Cent, xvii, very neatly written and blazoned.
Vellum binding, limp.
Collation, i^ 2« 3* 4^ (wants 6).
On f. I* is only:
Liber Monasterij S. Saluatoris Vulgo Petri Pots ordinis Cisterciensis Antuerpie.
i'' is blank.
On f. a" :
Stemmata Fundatorum Monasterij nostri | S. Saluatoris | in Antuerpia.
Generatio rectorum Benedicitur.
At bottom, somewhat rubbed :
Opera et studio f Cristophori Butkens eiusdem monasterij Prioris xii*.
A series of pedigrees follows, each occupying two pages. In many of them the shields are left blank : the
names and notices of persons are written in oblong frames below the shields, in Latin, in a very neat hand.
The wife's shield is always a broad oval in form.
1. Shields blank, except that of Petrus Pot the founder (1375-1450), which is gilt 3^
This pedigree begins with Antonius Pot, who married Agnes, daughter of Albert de Borsalia.
2. Shields blazoned ^
Petrus Pot. Descendants of his eldest son John.
3. Shields blank, some sketched out 4''
Descendants of Margareta Pot, great-granddaughter of Peter, granddaughter of his eldest son John.
4. Shields, mostly blazoned ^
Further descendants of the eldest son.
5. Shields, mostly blazoned 6^
Further descendants of the eldest son.
PEDIGREES: PETER POTS, ETC. 139
6. Shields blank, some tricked in pencil 7*
Further descendants of the eldest son.
7. Shields nearly all blank 8*
Descendants of the second son Walter.
8. Shields blank 9"
Descendants of the youngest child Mathildis.
9. Shields blank lO*
The same continued.
10. Shields blazoned H*
The same continued.
11. Shields blank la*
The same continued.
1 4. Shields blank 13*
The same continued. >
14. No shields.
Stemma patemum Incliti Viri Petri Pot Fundatoris nostri Monastcrij S. Saluatoris 14*
15. No shields.
Stemma Domicelle Marie tcrrebrots Fundatrids monastcrij nostri '5*
In this the family of Butkens (the author) appear.
16. Continuation 16*
17. Stemma matemum Petri Pot fundatoris nostri i?^
18. Title only : Stemma viri nobilis Henrici van Dome Dicti van Sompeken intimi Benefactoris nostri
monasterij iS**
The latest date which I find mentioned is i6a8 (on ia»), and the writing of the book suggests a time not
much later than that.
74. ANTIPHONER.
Vellum, 485x330mm., ff. 2 + 265+ I. nine lines of text and nine of music on four-line
stave to a page. Cent xiii, late ?, in a fine black hand. One line of each stave is yellow,
another in red.
Binding, old brown stamped leather, with cable and other patterns, over wooden
boards. Metal comers with flat bosses, and other ornaments on both covers : on the front
coyer four pins for strap-fastenings. The straps have been replaced in modem times and
the binding extensively repaired.
The book seems to be no. 11 78 in the catalogue of the Libri sale of 1859, where it occurs among a con-
signment from abroad which Libri allowed to be included in the sale.
Modem vellum fly-lcavcs have been inserted.
At the beginning are two leaves, and at the end one leaf, from a large Bible of the eleventh century, in
a fine round Italian hand, in double columns of 50 lines. They contain portions of the books of Maccabees,
viz. :
f. I, 3. Et uenit nicanor in hierusalem, i Mace. viL 17, to lapidibus quadratis ad munitionem quas hedifi-
cauit bachides (lined through) et (x. 11), being capp. xxi-xxx, according to the division of the MS.
The leaf at the end has : quos hostes et pcremptores, a Mace iv. 16, to Reliquid autrw et prepositos,
V. 33, being the end of cap. xi, and xii-xix.
CoUtUion: a* i»-i8» 19" 30*-33« (wanU 8) b (one). A modem foliation on the lower corner of the
leaves is not correct, but I use it.
T a
I40 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Contents :
Officium de Tempore, beginning :
Sabbato sancto finita missa et facto paruo interuallo. Ad uesperas incipiatur antiphona alta uoce
Continuing through the season after Pentecost, after the Historiae, follows :
Dom. de Trinitate, f. 91, and Dedicatio ecclesie, f. 99.
Inc. Antiphone dominicales ad benedictus et ad magnificat ab octaua pentecostes usque ad auentum
domini, 103, to Dom. xxv.
Sanctoral (beginning with) St. George, 112. Mark, US'*. Philip and James, 118. Inv. of Cross, 119''.
John Port. Latin, 135. John Baptist, I'i^.
Prosper, 131*.
Peter and Paul, 138. (Transl. S. Benedict, 138*.) Mary Magd., 138''. Chains of Peter, 145. Inv. of
Stephen, 148. Laurence, 148. Assumption, 155. Bernard, 16a''. Augustine, 169. Decollation of John
Baptist, 177''. (Ordination of Gregory, 183.) Nativ. of B.V.M., 183. Exaltation of Cross, 191. Michael,
194. All Saints, 200". Martin, ao8^
Cecilia, 214*.
Common of Saints, 220.
Office of the Dead, 259.
An addition : Recordare domine quia terra, in another hand on 264^
On 265'' is this note. M. D. XVIIJ :
Restauratum die xxvij Junii tempore Sani de h\xy{or bug-)lonibus propositi Sancte cecilie de urbe.
Office for Corpus Christi in a later hand, 266 (265).
Decoration. This consists of {a) Ordinary initials alternately in red and blue, with rather coarse flourish-
ing, {b) Small outline drawings of a grotesque character commonly in the margin near the bottom of the
leaf, {c) Historiated initials, (d) Decorative initials in colour.
Of class {c) all but one are of rough execution. The exception is the first in the book, f 2'' (Easter). This
is large, measuring 235 x 165 mm., and represents the angel and the women. The angel, in white, with blue-lined
folds over pale buff, sits on R„ holding sceptre and pointing with r. to R. His wings are dark brown (peacock-
eyed), edged with yellow. The lid of the tomb stands behind him, obliquely placed. The three women
masked are on L., the foremost carrying a covered cup. The tomb has some arcading in red. Below, in
front, lie three soldiers with shields : they are in mail shirts over red surcoats, and their legs are mailed. Their
helmets are red and blue : one shield is kite-shaped.
The ground is blue, with rosettes mainly of white. The letter (A) has terminations, &c., of conventional
foliage. About it are busts of the four Evangelistic creatures, and at top a bust of an angel.
The work is fine : the angel of Greek type.
f. 8. Fox and stork, grotesque, in colour in the border.
f. 1 2. I Sunday after Easter. Christ, full-face, with book, blessing.
f. 16. Musician, outline.
I9^ 2 Sunday after Easter. Crowned figure, in scarlet and blue, with sceptre. Centurion below. On
R., half-way up, a small figure of a suppliant. Perhaps meant for Nebuchadnezzar and a captive Jew. The
text is part of Super flumina Babylonis.
26^ Ascension. Christ, half length, in oval glory. Group of half-length Apostles below (12). The
ground, as usual in these letters, is blue, with a pattern of white flourishing delicately done.
34. Pentecost. A group of eleven Apostles.
Two busts, badly done, in the border.
42^ I Sunday after Pentecost. Man in broad hat and scarlet robe, with staff ; an angel points him to R.
Probably David : the text has : misit angelum suum et tulit me de ouibus patris met.
6c^. Historiae. In principio. Christ with book.
66. Job, covered with red spots, nude, sits with hand to face. The three friends on R.
Archer and bird in border.
71''. Tobit reclining : swallow on nest above. Wife on R. weeping.
74^ Holofernes, in bed, crowned. Judith, with sword raised, and dagger.
ANTIPHONER 141
79*. A king and two soldiers riding to R. (The Maccabees.) A man with book, and a woman (?) speaking,
in border.
85. Vidi dominum. God, crowned, with book. Angel on L. with tongs (?). Isaiah, small beardless
figure, on R.
93. Trinity. Benedicat ruts deus. Three figfures at table, all cross-nimbed. The central one blesses. The
lower part of the initial is decorative.
100. Dedication of church. Three figures of bishops, each under an arch, with crozier, blessing : one
above another.
10^ A ntiphonae DaminicaUs. Homo quidam erat diues. Man in red and blue, with sceptre, on L. Lazarus,
covered with red spots, on R. : dogs at his feet.
11a. Proper of Saints. George, beardless, nimbed, in scarlet chlamys over blue, on white horse, facing
R., thrusting a spear at the head of a dragon (winged, two-legged, mainly green and blue) in the lower half of
the letter.
1 16. Mark. Two beardless men with books.
lao. Inv. of Cross. The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John. Christ nailed with four nails: a red
supptdaneiim, and red title to the Cross.
I26^ John Baptist, very tall, in skin-garment, holding a scroll inscribed c [ b | a (?) [ a. A group of small
figures on R.
133*. Prosper, a bishop, in scarlet chasuble, with crozier. In the border, medallions of a nimbed monk and
another nimbed man with book.
14a Mary Magdalene, full-face, covered with her hair. A red and blue casket (?) on R.
149. Laurence, on gridiron. Throned king above. Two tormentors stir the fire.
157. Assumption. The Virgin, half-length, in air, supported by two angels. She drops her girdle to
Thomas, who stands below with raised hands.
163. Laige. Bernard, in white habit on u. addresses a group of Cistercian monks and laity on R.
In border, medallions of Christ and two other figures.
170^. Augustine, as bishop in scarlet chasuble. An Apostle with book (small) on K., above. Below, a
Cistercian monk with a scroll inscribed with a few indistinct letters.
1 78*. Decollation. On L. Herod, throned. On R. John Baptist, with shaggy hair, bending out of a tower.
Executioner with raised sword.
184- Below, Anne in bed. Above, the infant Virgin, swaddled, on a bed. A woman at each end.
I94^ Michael, robed, spearing a dragon. Above, on R., a building with open doors.
Grotesques in the border.
205. All Saints. Three figures, one above another. At top, winged fig^urc with eagle's head and book.
Next, the Vii^in. At bottom, an Apostle with book.
Man mowing, in the border.
309. Martin as bishop on L. On R. three women lying asleep (?) in an enclosure. It suggests the incident
of Nicholas and the three poor maidens.
313. Cecilia, in red, holding a conventional lily.
331. Common of Saint& Apostles. Christ standing on a mount with hands outspread : a group of
Apostles on R. and L.
337. Evangelists. Four figures, vertically arranged, of the Evangelistic emblems. Each figure is winged,
and has a human body and the head appropriate to it, and holds a book.
237*. Martyr. John (?) with palm and book. In the border John (?) with scroll, and man with cup, in
two medallions.
339. Several Martyrs. Below, an executioner beheading three men. Above, their bodies and heads
cut off,
346*. Confessors. Two scenes, in each a monastic saint sits on L. addressing a group on R.
254. Virgins. A group of eight maidens with long hair.
The small grotesque outline drawings have some interest, but hardly ever illustrate the text.
It seems that the book must have been written for a Cistercian house in the neighbourhood of Emilia (in
Reggio). where St. Prosper was honoured : and then have passed into the possession of the church of S^* Cecilia
in Trastevere, at Rome.
142 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
75. PSALTER (BRESCIA).
Vellum, 353 x270 mm., ff. xi + 242, mostly 17 lines to a page. Cent, xiv?, in a large
fine black, round Italian Gothic hand.
Music on a four-line stave ruled in red.
Binding, old stamped leather over wooden boards. Metal corners and bosses, and
central bosses, with some ornament. Two clasps of skin, with engraved metal
terminations.
Collation, a" (i cut out) ^« (i, a cut out) c^. i*" a^" 3«-88 9^ 108-138 14W 158-338 24* 25"' a68 378 28'" [ 29*.
Contents:
ff. i-xi are not in the same hand as the text of the Psalter, but are not a great deal later in date.
Regina celi letare, noted i
1*. Blank.
Salue regina, noted - ii
Uirgo mater ecclesie, noted iii
Stella maris lux refulgens, noted iii*"
v^ Blank.
Kalendar in red and black vi
On f. I' (otherwise blank), in a small hand :
die lune et die iouis.
Exaudi d. I. C. preces seruorum, etc., and Benedictions.
On I*" Antiphons, noted, viz. :
In dominicis aduentus.
Audite uerbum domini gentes. ps. Beatus uir evovae, with altered notation for other seasons.
Psalter, with Antiphons fully noted, for use in choir 2
Cantica begin at p. 169.
Quicunque vult is followed by Pater noster and Credo, and these by Vesper antiphons for the week,
noted 187"^
Inc. hymni totius anni 193
In primis Dominica prima de aduentu in sabbato precedent! ad uesperas.
Conditor alme.
The first verse is noted.
Proper of Time 193
In festis S. Marie 208
Proper of Saints 209''
Dedicatio ecclesie, 232.
Domin. de trinitate, 233.
Common of Saints 233''
In a later hand, not noted :
Antiphons for St. Gustancius, 238''.
In a bad hand, noted :
Stabat beatus cristoforus in medio ignis, 238''.
In the hand of the first leaves, noted :
Antiphons for SS. Peter and Paul, Luke, Benedict, the Virgin 239
Change of hand :
Ave regina celorum • 241
Alma redemptoris mater 241'*
Aue Stella matutina 243
Aue regina celorum 342''
PSALTER (BRESCIA)
143
In smaller hand, damaged :
Antiphons for St. Gustancius, noted
In the Kalendar :
Jan. a;. Johannis crisostomi ep. c, written over
erasure.
31. Julii et Geminiani C.
Feb. I. Brigide V.
1 2. Gustancii C, added.
15. Faustini et louite MM.
Mar. 4. SS MM. nogentorum et xl quorum
corpora in sancta cecilia trans (ti)-
be(rim) per pascalcm papam honori-
fice sunt recondita et s. lucii pape
et m.
9. Perpt-tue et felicitatis (orig.). Tome de
aquino c^ added.
Ap. 29. Petri m. de ord. predic
May 6. Johannis ap. in dolio missL
8. Victoris M.
17. Syri ep. C.
32. Julie V. M. Duplex.
June 15. Viti, etc.
344"
July. 7. Apollonii ep. brixie. Duplex.
18. Filastrii ep. brixie.
24. Christine V. M.
Aug. I Eusebii Ep. C.
5. Dominici C.
16. Rocci C, added.
20. Bemardi Abb.
Sept. 3. Ordinatio b. Gregorii.
8. Nativ. B.V.M., added.
Oct. I. Remigii ct Germani.
4. Francisci C.
II. Eustachii. Acapiti.
piste mm.
16. Galli Abb. C.
18. Beati luce euang. principale festum.
In red : large blue initial, with octave,
ai. Vndccim milia uirginum, added.
Nov. 23. (Clement) Columbani Abb.
Dec. 4. Barbare V. M., added.
8. Zenonis Ep. C.
Duplex.
Octave original.
Teopisti et Teo-
July 2. Visitatio Marie, added late.
In the Hymnary, in the Proper of Saints, the following Hymns occur :
In SS. Faustini et louite. ad uesp.
Etema semper trinitas ct uere simplex unitas.
In laudibus.
Christe qui tuos famulos nunquam relinquis orphanos.
In S. lulia. ad uesp.
Causa corona martyrum deus eficax omnium.
Ad laudes.
Adest beate uii^inis sacer natalis lulie.
In S. Luce euang. ad uesp.
Psalmorum sano numero. discurso pulcro semate.
Ad noctumum.
Syon exclamat uigiles cristi cultorcs surgite.
In laudibus.
Ccli ciucs applaudite Lucas in celo iubilat.
In sccundis uesp.
Psalmorum modulamine. duici peracto modulo.
All this points to a foundation under the patronage of St Luke at Brescia.
Decoration. The eight-fold division of the Psalter is marked by a series of historiated initials, of which
the style is distinctly Northern, and not Italian.
One initial of Italian style does occur in the book.
Beatus vir. Initial, mainly blue, set on pink. Internal ground gold, a good deal flaked off. David, in
blue over pink and red crown, sits facing R. and playing a harp.
Dominus illuminatio. Blue initial on pink: blue ground. Damaged. David, in pink over blue,
j length, facing R. and pointing to his eye.
Dixi custodiam. Blue and light-coloured initial on pink : dark blue ground. David, as in last (but
bearded), pointing to his mouth. Altar on R.
144 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Dixit insipiens. Blue initial on pink : blue ground. The fool in a fool's cap and pink robe, | length,
facing L., gnaws at a cake, and holds an ornamented bdton.
Salvum me fac. Pink initial on blue: pink ground. Above, Christ full-face with cross-nimbus: below,
David, crowned, nude, with hands extended, in water ; both half-length.
Deus uenerunt (f. 87''). Decorative initial in vermilion, brown, and blue, in markedly Italian style.
Exultaie. Blue initial on pink : blue ground, scraped. David, beardless, stands facing R. and beating on
.a tabor with a curved stick.
Cantate. Pink initial on blue : pink ground. A row of clerks in long white surplices over white (or
possibly Cistercian monks) on L. Book on desk with large base on R., to which the leader points.
Dixit dominus. Pink initial on dark blue : pink ground. David, | length, beardless, pointing to his eye
and facing R. Altar on R. Much like the second of the series.
Smaller initials are alternately blue and red with flourishing. '
76. ROGLERIUS, Etc.
Paper, 224x163 mm., ff. 40+6, 20 lines to a page. Cent, xv, late, in a good clear
Roman hand.
Rough limp skin cover : a printed label within : Bland MSS. no. 664.
Collation. 2? 1^-5^ b* (4 lines cover). Two papers are pasted on to the fly-leaves.
On i»: Hie liber est mei Antonii de Porcellinis iuris utriusque doct. Et Equitis (xv-xvi).
On i*" is pasted a paper of cent, xvi with a prophecy on it :
Carolus filius philippi ex illustri natione habens frontem longam supercilia alta oculos grossos nasum
aquilinum circa annum quartum decimum sue etatis vel ut verius dicam circa annum decimum septimum
coronabitur magnum exercitum congregabit omnes Tirannos regni sui destruet, etc., ending :
Tandem veniens ad Sanctam Jerusalem ascendens niontem oliueti deposita corona de capite suo cum
signis et miraculis emittet spiritum anno regni sui 35 postea coronatus erit ab angelo et erit primus Imperator
post Fredericum tertium.
On f. I*: Colleg. Agennense Societ. Jesu. Catal. Inscrip. The library of the Jesuits' College at Agen
was dispersed in 1764. Many MSS. from it came into the great Phillipps Collection.
1. Ad illustrissimum et excellentissimum principem Galeatium Mariam Mediolani ducem Roglerii comitis
prefatio in summariolo dictorum quorundam ac exemplorum virorum Illustrium. i
Platonem uetustissimum ilium nobilissimumque phylosophum solitum aiunt dicere
The author has compiled the book ' inter quottidianos ciuilium defensionum forensiumque causarum
labores '.
Ends : quorum uberrimum alimentum est honos excitabis. Vale.
Veterum Imperatorum dicta quedam et facta memoratu digna. 3
Gains lulius Cesar cum Alexandri res gestas legeret collacrimauit
Dicta of other Caesars follow, from Augustus to Valentinian.
Nonnulli virorum illustrium exempla et prudenter enuntiata memoratu digna 1 1*"
Philippus Alexandri pater quem Theophrastus tradit non solum dignitate regia et genere sed etiam
fortuna et moribus
Phylosophorum non nulla sapienter dicta grauesque sententie. 21
Stoyci negant sine uirtute effici quemquam posse beatum
The last quoted is Anacharsis.
Epilogue. Vides opusculum Princeps Illustrissime . . . ac frui tecumque habere. Vale diu ac felix 32
3a^ Blank.
There are many marginalia in a later Italic hand.
2. Speech of Roglerius (?) on being received into the order of Doctors of Law at Milan 33
ROGLERIUS, ETC.
145
lam tandem ilia mitis dies illuxit patres conscripti dies inquam uotis ac precibus . . . exoptata qua
prestantissimo huic grauissimoque ordini uestro nuper annumerandus accedo, etc
Ends 35'' : monumenta in me beneficii uestri permanebunt.
3. Reply to a speech of Petrus Corbellus, who has seemingly been admitted a Doctor of Laws : 35''
Phocion athenicnsis uetustissimus ille nobilissimusque philosophus cum, esset in publica uniuersalique
contionc uerba iacturus
4. Quatrain
5. Hexameters (12)
sine ullo metu et summa cum honcstate uiuemus.
Rhetoricus quondam studui coluique poetas
Abnunc militic per noua castra feror
Nunc sequor eiectis ciuilia iura camocnis
Parcite Pycrides Me grauiora uocant.
3«
SQ**
O pater altitonans celsi dominator olympi
O terre pelagique sator qtSi sedibus olim
Missus ab aethereis humano corporc nasci
Non dcdignatus cedis cruciatibus atrc
Mortalcs auidi rapuisti e faucibus ore!
Ad me oculos inflccte tuos vultuquc sereno
His mihi principiis adsis. incertaque nutu
Dirige uela tuo curuo dcduccrc rectum
Densaque Romulci dignoscere iura senatus
Ingcnto concede meo. Quo luce reperta
Fas mihi sit populis rcscrata resolucrc iura
Atque inter nebulas Icgum disccrncre causas.
Four blank leaves follow.
At the end is stuck a sheet with a copy of Petrarch's Letter to Livy, in an Italic hand.
77. MYSTERIUM SOPHIAE REVELATUM.
Paper, 203 x 155 mm., if. 119 written ; varj'ing numbers of lines to a page.
Cent, xvii (1685), very neatly executed in Holland.
Contemporary binding, with gold tooling on the back.
Title-page, representing a Head, surmounted by a trefoil. It is inscribed :
Mystcrium Sophiac revelatum.
On a band below :
Clarivii adomata per A. de Kaadt/1685/Ultrajccti delineata per M. Andrcae.
The divisions are as follows :
I. Amorosum Sophiae Desiderium. Praeloquium PraemLssorium i
lubilasterilis quae non pcperit
After this are : 'EirKptofTf/ia. Corollarium. Ao^oXoyia.
Then Introitus Communis, consisting of: Adspiratio (music on five-line stave and Hebrew words).
Obtestatio. Promissio (music and Hebrew words). Oratio. Canticum (music and Latin words).
Then an office for each day of the week, consisting usually of : Adhortatio. 'Em<f>a)prjiia (music and
Hebrew words). 'OftoXoyta (a dialogue between Amator and Sophia). Hymnus (with music). Ao^oXoyia.
Ends f. 34^
X. Pforte des Paradisischen Rosengartens. 35
Title-page, a cross surmounted by a rayed eye.
Wamung ; in German, followed by :
Allgcmeiner Kingang : Voorbcrclding (music, Flemish words). Aufmuntcrung. Gebcth (German).
Getangh (Flemish).
U
146 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Then offices for fourteen days (Sunday to Saturday), consisting of prose text in German and Gesang and
Dancksegging in Flemish, with music : sometimes in Hebrew or Greek.
This ends on 96'' : 97 is blank.
3. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis 98
This is a Latin rendering divided among the dramatis personae {Sponsa, Sponsus, and Sodales). The
language is meant to be very classical. It begins :
Sponsa. Osculetur me aliquot sui oris osculis. Tui quippe amplexus amorosi vino sunt delicatiores, etc.
Ends f. 105" :
Sponsa. Fuge mi dilecte et te similem exhibeto capreae aut cervorum hinnulo in montibus aromatum !
Finis.
Then follow :
Adspiratio ad Sophiam. Amorosa 105''
Music and Hebrew words.
Elegia Amorosa proprium Sophiae Encomium 106''
In sua magnificas aperit Sapientia voces.
A paraphrase of Ecclus. xx.
Affectuosa Encomii adstipulatio 108''
Tune Sophia Dei nobis te culmine caeli
Exeris et miseros ad tua Regna vocas.
Chiefly from Prov. and Ecclus.
Supplicatio amorosa. Music and Latin words iii
Benignissime Pater Misericordiae
Essentialis Amoris scaturigo.
Suspirium Amorosum. Music and Latin words 112''
Sophia mater omnium.
4. Quinarius Sanctus. Title-page, with Tesiis and a head with five flaming arrows 213
The Quinarius consists of: Gemitus, Adspiratio, Oratio, Hymnus, lubilus. Music and Latin words : Ah
lesu ad te toties Suspiro quando venies.
Followed by: Decachordum amorosum. Music 116''
Jesu dulcis memoria.
Toesang. Music and Flemish words, 117'': €ni(f>a>vr]fia. Veni Sponsa Coelica, 118.
On 119* is a drawing of a head : on it are a lily, a branch of roses, and an arrow. It is inscribed :
Cum crebro fueris lESU solamen in arctis
Semper eris mea Spes Praesidiumque meum.
The melody only of the music is given : it consists for the most part of well-known chorales.
The whole of the writing and drawing is extremely neat and careful.
78, 79 (Crawford 87, 88). ANTIPHONERS (MEELICK).
Paper, lo^ x 8 in., if. 215 and 161, six lines of text and six of music to a page : music
on four-line stave. Cent, xviii, in a good, clear Roman hand, on stiff, thick paper.
Has the book-plate of D. H. Kelly, The O'Kelly : no. 559 in his sale.
Modern binding, lettered on back MSS. | Antiphonaria | Fest™. MSS. | Monasterii
de 1 Meelick | co. Galway.
87 begins with a set-off of the lost title-page. Liber primus, in red capitals.
Then, imperfect at beginning, the music of the office for Epiphany, Purification. St. Joseph, a8. Annun-
ciation, 44''. In cena domini, 49 (part of Epiphany inserted, 56). Fer. vi in Parasceue, 61. Dom. Resurrec-
tionis, 71'' (and Easter week). Ascension, Sa** (after 83, four leaves with Invitatories). Pentecost, with special
title-page in red capitals, 99. On 99'' a half-page drawing of the Dove, in water-colour.
Trinity, lao.
ANTIPHONERS (MEELICK) 147
Special title-page in red for Corpus Christi, 13a.
On 132'' a drawing of two cherubs adoring a monstrance on clouds.
f. 133. An inserted page, with a drawing of cherubs on clouds, probably by the same hand as the last :
marked on the back No. 47.
After 149 a gap. Assumption (imperfect), 150.
Nativ. B.V.M., 156*. Andrew, 163. Thomas ap., 167*.
Antiphonae maiores ante Nativitatem domini, 168.
Martyrol. Solemne in Vig. Nat. Domini, 173.
Christmas, with title-page in red, 178. Stephen, 199. John, 303.
Innocents, 307. Ending sis'* : Finis fest. mob.
88 has title-page. Liber Tertius f- i
Framed title : Antiphonarium Proprium et Commune Sanctorum a
„ „ Antiph. Festorum Mobilium 3
On the following pages, coats of arms drawn in water-colour.
3''. (1) Azure, a cross sable, in front of it two arms proceeding from clouds and crossing per saltire, dexter
in a Franciscan's habit with stigma in the palm, sinister nude, also with stigma. Below, in pencil, ' Arms of the
monastery '.
4». (3) Party per pale, dexter or, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned (dexter part only) ; sinister as.,
an arm habited gules, holding sword. Below ' Ancient arms of Ireland '.
4*. Blank.
5*- (3) Quarterly, 1 and 4 a»., a chevron, farg., three stars in chief, 2 and 3 or, a sprig of roses. Below
• Arms of the Holy Spirit '. The shields have elaborated frames.
On 56-7 are other arms faintly sketched.
Title : In Fcsto SS. Philippi et Jacob! f. 8
Followed by Inv. of Cross, Nat. S. Joh. Bapt., Peter and Paul, Visitation of B.V.M., Mary Magd., Peter
ad Vincula, Transfiguration, Dccoll. Joh. Bapt. : f. 56 blank.
Common of Saints, 57, ending with Dcdicatio Ecclesiac.
147, 148. Blank.
Officium B.V.M., 149.
In festo Alme Domus Laurctane, 155'', ending imperfectly.
Meelick is on the Shannon, near Clonfcrt ; there was a Franciscan friary there (Archdall, Moiutst.
Hib., p. 394).
80 (Crawford 89). HORAE (SARUM).
Vellum, 270 X 190 mm., ff. 2-1- 110+ 1, 20 lines to a page. Cent, xv (after 1450), in a large,
clear black Gothic hand.
Old binding, skin over boards : strap and pin fastening : the strap has an ornamental
termination in metal.
Cotlatim. «♦ (wants 3, 4) !• 3* 3*-8* 9 (two left) io*-i3* 13'° 14* 15* 16* 17* b (one).
Contents :
Devotions in the main hand of the book :
O Ihesu Salus in te credendum O ihesu amor in te spcrancium, etc Complete on f. 50.
Pater. Aue. Credo, O d. I. C. adoro te in cruce pcndentem, etc. !•
f. i\ BUnk.
In another hand : OfHce for help against heretics ii
Dicatur ps. 78. Dcus venerunt. Christus vindt, etc.
Exurge Christe adiuua nos.
Coacede domine populo tuo ut sit eius anima una, etc.
U 3
b
148 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Oratio. D. d. pater celestis misericordie et consolacionis
Kalendar in red and black ^
Hours of the Virgin (Use of Sarum) 7
Prayers :
D. d. meus omnip. pater, etc. Da michi famulo tuo N. victoriam 3*'
Libera me d. I. C. fili dei uiui qui in cruce "33
Obsecro te s. Maria et s. iohannes 33
Anima Christi. D. I. C. qui banc sacratissimam 34
D. I. C, qui septem uerba 34
Deus propicius esto michi peccatori 35
In manus tuas 37
Litany of the Virgin : '^^
Gaude uirgo mater christi 3. Omnip. sempit. d. qui diuina Gabrielis 39
Gaude flore uirginali 4°
D. I. C. ... qui beatissimam genitricem 4°
Sancta maria mater dei L C.
O sancte erasme martir Christi 4^
Presta quesumus omnip. d. beati herasmi 42
D. d. omnip. pater qui regnas 43
Aue et gaude 42 '
Psalmi passionis Ihesu Christi 43
O bone Ihesu 5°
Or. S. Gregorii. Domine exaudi oracionem 5^
The fifteen Oo's of St. Bridget. O D. L C. etema dulcedo 53
58^ Blank.
Obsecro te 59
Seven Psalms. Fifteen Psalms. Litany 61
Office of the Dead 74*'
96''. Blank.
Commendacio animarum 97
Memoriae in a different hand, for SS. John Ev., Stephen, Christopher, Apostles, Sebastian, Denis, Martyrs,
Anthony 107''
On no'' and on the fly-leaf are scribbled :
Si tibi copia seu sapiencia formaque detur
Sola superbia destruet omnia si comitetur.
Dum tua bursa sonat omnis te turba coronat
Laus est quassata cum bursa sit vacuata. '
In the Kalendar (Sarum) David and Cedda are present : Mark is w^rongly written Maurlci. May 7
S. Job. de beuirlacio.
July 6. (Transl.) Sancte (!) Thome Archiep., in red, not erased.
10. Mildrede.
13. Transl. S. Osmundi.
36. Anne, in red.
Oci. 13. Transl. S. Edwardi, in red.
Nov. 3. Wenefrede.
14. S. erkenwaldi ep., in red.
17. S. Hugo (!) episcopi.
Dec. 4. Deposicio S. Osmundi.
8. Concepcio b. Marie, in red.
13. Luciane (!) v.
29. Thomas, not erased.
ANTIPHONERS (MEELICK) 149
In the Litany: Conf. Swithune, Serine, Benedicte, Antoni.
Virg. Prisca, Tecla, Affra, Editha, Dorothea.
The Transl. of St. Erkcnwald dates from 1386 as a London Synodal feast.
The feasts of St. Osmund date from 1456-7.
The book has had some handsome borders, which have been cut off: there were such on ff. 7, 61, 76* ;
at the latter place most part of a good initial in gold and colour remains, in fair preservation ; the others are
defaced. Other gold initials are to be found in a few places. The greater part of the small initials are in blue,
filled with red, leaving a pattern in white, and flourished externally with red.
81 (Crawford 90). L. DATHUS.
Vellum, 237 X 145 mm., ff. 27 + 4, 25 lines t6 a page. Cent, xv (last third), in a beautiful
Roman hand : brown ink.
Morocco binding of cent, xviii. Sale numbers 606 and 1045.
On the fly-leaf: Latin MSS. (1859). It was no. 1045 in the Libri sale of that year.
Collation. a« 1" a" 3* (wants 8) ^.
*L. Dathus ad Sanctissimum patrem D. Pium IL Pont. Max. in gesta Porsemne regis et Clusinorum
per C. Uibennam conscripta nupcrimc repcrta scrmonc Etrusco.
Quom nupcr montem politicum animi gratia petiisscm ibi uir grauis et doctus angelus crassus hospes
mens
He tella how his host showed him an ancient book written lingua patria (in Etruscan) in which was mention
of an ancient hero, Bachus Piccolomo (evidently an ancestor of the Piccolomini). The author was C. Vibemna,
and when Dathus expressed ignorance of his name, his host told him of a brazen urn once found, and long used
as a holy water stoup in a chapel, but since disappeared, which had borne the name of C. Vibemna.
Ends : pro tua incredibili bcnignitate non aspcmaberis.
Caii uibennae ad Achillem trecchum gcsia Porsemne Regis et Clusinorum. a*
Grauis etas mea nostrcque R. p. labores dudum me retardarunt
The translator has (he says in the Preface) used some words or spellings which were customary in the
time at which the author wrote. The most obvious of these are quom, ucondum, and lorn (for turn). The
history habitually gives the armorial bearings of the Etruscan families, and these are in some places sketched
in the margin by a later hand.
An annotator of cent, xvi has written sundry incredulous notes, e.g. on f. 16, where Dathus intimates that
he understood the Etruscan (he calls it Tuscan) text, the comment is :
Si L. Dathus linguam Etruscam (ut ipse ait) intcllcxisset, alia matoris valoris quam hoc opusculum
est interpretatus esset, nam Volaterris Clusii Eugubii et alibi multa Etrusco (non Tusco) scrmonc conscripta sou
marmoribus insculpta cemuntur.
The tract ends with a broken sentence, the manuscript of Vibemna having been ostensibly illegible at the
end.
Tom demum uolgatis bcrardinorum ceptis et necc Ugonis.
There is an exceedingly finely done initial on f. i, with white branch-work on green, blue, pink, and in
the lower margin an equally delicate piece of ornament of the same general style : in it two genii and a shield
gvles, a hare or and two fesses of the 2nd or : three bezants of the and arranged per pale.
An initial of the same character on 2\ Other initials plain blue.
Leonardo Dati was Bp. of Massa and died in 1471 or 2. His letters and a life by Salvini were published
by Mehus in 1 743 at Florence.
The forgery contained in the present volume does not seem to have been printed.
r
ISO WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
82 (Crawford 91). H. KHUNRATH.
Paper, 198 x 150 mm., ff. circa 160, about 24 lines to a page. Cent, xvii (early), in
various hands, some very good.
Binding, olive morocco, with gold tooling. On either side of the central ornament are
the initials I H, and below is the date 1675 altered to 1645.
On the modern fly-leaves are pencil notes by C. W. Standridge, 1873.
On the first old fly-leaf is Jo. Huniades (probably the owner of the initials on the cover ; certainly not, as
Mr. Standridge points out, the celebrated general, John Huniades, who died in 1456). This maybe a Latiniza-
tion of an English name such as Hunson.
On this same leaf, lower R. corner, is N lao.
Dedication :
Clarissimo ac omatissimo uiro I D philosophie omniumque artium ac scientiarum cognitione celeberrimo
summis maximarum virtutum orn(amentis) condecorato Hermeti trismegisto amico suo G. H. vitam in hoc
mundo beatam in futuro beatissimam optat.
I D may well be, as suggested, the celebrated Dr. John Dee.
Maximam mihi temeritatis ac dementiae notam
A slip, with writing, Enigmatis huius expositionem 3
Addressed by D. M. to the Emperor.
Title-page, with table of Actiua Potentia Passiua, with planetary signs.
It is not practicable to note the whole of the contents of this book, which seems to have no proper title and
to be made up largely of extracts, some in English verse from Norton and Ripley, others from Raymund
LuUy, &c.
It contains, by way of illustration, various diagrams.
" Some are in colour, as on f. aa and %i, where is a full-page picture of a monstrous form called Unitrinum.
On 69 is a pen-and-ink drawirtg of a lady seated, her hand to her head, a cushion on her knee. Above
it ' Nescio quid meditans '.
There is also a series of large folding copper-plates designed by Henr. Khunrath, of Leipzig, and engraved
. by Paullus van der Doort, of Antwerp, in i6oa, &c.
I. After f. 17, a great Pyramis Pe&osa, with text in Latin and German.
a. After 29, Arx Primaterialis.
3. After 40, a circular picture. God in c. No title left.
4. After 45, another circular picture. Homo in C. No title.
5. After 52, a circular picture. Bonum MaKpoKoafiiKov.
6. After 68, circular. Interior of a great hall : an alchemist adoring on L. : a laboratory on R.
At 75 sqq. are tracts in German.
f. 95 is the last written. About sixty blank leaves follow.
83 (Crawford 93). S, GREGORII MORALIA IN lOB.
Vellum, 420 X 300 mm, ff. 361, double columns of 47 lines. Cent, x (914, see below),
in a good, clear, small Visigothic hand. Written in Spain by a scribe named Gomez.^
Massive modern binding, by Zaehnsdorf.
The earlier leaves have suffered much from damp : the first two are only fragments.
All have been carefully inlaid and mended with modern vellum.
Collation, i-viii gone, except two fragments: /ix*-xix* (8 canc.)/xx*-xxxiii*/xxxiv^^(+ i)/xxxvMii'
liii (two).
* Brit. Mus. MS. Add. 25600 from S. Pedro de Cardena was written by the same man in 919. See PcU. Soc, Ser. I. 95.
S. GREGORII MORALIA IN lOB 151
From the Batcman Library: lot 883 in the sale of 1893.
As to its earlier home, S. Pedro de Cardciia, more will be said.
Of the first two leaves about half remains. They contain parts of the text of Moralia, Lib. IV. 15-27, viz. :
f. i». Col. I. Quur qui serpentem IV. 15. Ed. Bened. torn. I, col. iii,
to aperti certaminis, 16.
CoL 3. Misit dr(aco caudam), 17,
to Ut nimirum tales, 17 (col. in).
I*. Col. I. tenere se sermonibus, 18,
to pro humana laude in bona ac(tione), 18.
Col. 3. quippe electorum, 19, col. 113,
to animaduersione, 19 fin.
3*. Col. I. intcntionis inmutantur, 30,
to nee abstulit, 31, col. 114.
Col. 3. (di)cat (quia non), 23, "^
to et nox in qua, 23 fin.
3^ Col. I. die homo natus, 35, col. 115 init.,
to Idest pereat, 25.
Col. 3. preuere (prauae) blandimenta, 36,
to tunc in mcmoriam, 27, col. 116.
Off. 3 less than a quarter is gone, but a considerable gap precedes, namely, from col. 116 to 164 of the
printed edition.
f. 3 begins : nobis quoties caelcstia, V. 56, col. 164 D.
On the lower margin is written, in a hand of cent xvii or xviii :
Morales a S* Gregorio escritos en el Siglo IX.
The text of Job is written in red throughout.
On f. 9*, at bottom of col. i, in red and black capitals, is :
Explicit Libnr .v. Beati . Grcgorii . Pape ./Prime Partis /Deo Gratias/
Of the heading to Lib. VI only the end remains 9
f. 31 is the first practically complete leaf, the upper outer comers of the previous ones being badly
mutilated. The first actually complete leaf is f 29.
Lib. VII. f. aI^ *VIII. ^i, IX. 5i\ Heading in red capitals on oblong ground of green.
X. 69^ ending 80'' (red capitals, and green capitals filled with red) :
*Expl. liber decimus beati / Grcgorii papc urbLs Rome/Sccunde partb. Deo gratias.
In cursive : O bone lector lectrixque Gomiz peccatoris memento.
Inc. eiuadem liber undecimus partis tertie, So**.
♦XII. 90, *XIII. 99, ending io6» (green and red capitals).
. Expl. liber Tertius decimus.
Contuli diligentia qua potui quum /collectorc sancto papc Gregorii/in lob moralia liber tertius decimus.
XIV. 106, XV. II8^ XVI. 130, ending 142' (green and red capitals).
Expl. liber moralis pape/Grcgorii sextus decimus/ partis tertie/ Deo gratias.
In cursive : quisquis huiK librum ob utilitatcm tui legeris. ut ex eo cdi/ficeris. mci Gomesanis peccatoris
In tuis orationibus conmenda/tum habeto.
XVII. Heading mostly in capitals of red and green combined : last line in red, smaller :
In nomine Domini inc. liber/ moralis pape Gregorii / Romensis episcopi / septimus decimus par/tis
quarte. In explanatione liber beati lob.
XVIII. Heading partly in white capitals on oblong panel of red. i^o^
Initials only partially inserted.
XIX. l68^ XX. 181, XXI. I96'», XXII. lo^, ending 214*. There is a confusion here and a small gap.
f. 313^ ends :
predicationis pretium non prebere (XXII. 53 init. I. 735). Then follows in capitals : Expl. liber
moralis XXII pars IIII deo gratias.
152 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
f. ai4 begins: ut ueritatem quam solus loqui non sufficit 54 (I. 726 C), most of 53 and half of 54 being
omitted. Ends 214^
Expl. lib. XXII. deo gratias. An erasure, probably irrecoverable, follows. The page has only 7 lines
of writing on it, and the lower half is occupied by a later drawing, careful, but very unskilful, of cent, xii (?) of
Fortune and her wheel, represented thus : on R. sits fortuna on a cushioned chair, with crown : in her /. hand
she holds a sword, point upwards : with her r. she holds a crank-handle attached to her wheel. The whepl is
on L. : it-is a ring without spokes, but a bar fastened by a linch-pin is shown passing from the axle to the tyre
and apparently joining the handle.
Round the wheel are four figures. At top, one crowned, holding flowering sceptre in one hand and leaf or
spray in the other. Above him regno. On R., by the handle, one holding a smaller leaf, a crown descending
on his head : regnabo. Opposite, on L., one head downwards in cap, with hand to face : regnaui. At bottom,
one head downwards, the palms of his hands turned outwards : bareheaded : sum sine regno. The drawing is
in dark blue ink : some red has been added.
Inc. liber moralis de uerbis Heliu uicesimus tertius. Pars quinta 215
Browner ink at iirst.
XXIV. a25^ XXV. 236, XXVI. 245.
On 247**, 248* are some late Spanish scribbles :
Abadbal | frezne | h huyfale | fray y ujgo ernando cascarad. || quintauilla
XXVII. 260, ending 274'', green and red capitals.
Expl. liber moralis uigesimus vii / pars quinta. /
Inc. lib. moralis / beatissimi Gregorii pape / Romensis XXVIII. Pars VI 274''
*The initial represents a richly robed man with /. hand raised to his head, holding a stafif with crooked
head.
XXIX. A similar figure in the initial 284
Another on f. 296.
XXX. Title in white capitals on a patch of green 297
Human figures in initials f. 302, 305, 307, 308 (angel).
XXXI 312
Seated figure with its hands over its head on f. 313*. Nimbed figure f. 328.
XXXII 330
XXXIII 342"
Large horse (green, red and yellow) forms an initial on 354^
XXXIV 357"
The text is continuous to 359'' (XXXIV. 11 : I. 1121) doloribus tabescen(te).
f. 360 continues with Et derideuit uibrantem hastam (XXXIV. 24: I. 1126), ettding diximus censiim
obseruatur (cap. 26, col. 1128).
f. 361 (inner edge defective) contains a fragment of Lib. XXXV. 12 (col. 1148) obtineant cuius fidem to 17
(col. 1 148) manadas in denarium s(urgit).
The book contains a multitude of small decorative initials, mostly the work of one hand. They resemble
cloisonn6 enamels and consist of small fields of green, red, and yellow (as a rule), marked off or bordered by
narrow bands of white or red. They are very neatly done. In the latter part of the book, birds, animals, fish,
and human figures occur with fair frequency, but the great majority are purely decorative.
There are a good many marginal notes and supplements, of the same or nearly the same date as the text.
This is evidently the manuscript mentioned by Berganza, Antiguedades de Espanix, Madrid, 1719 (quoted
in part by R. Beer, Handschriftenschdtze Spaniens, p. lao) as being then at S. Pedro de Cardeiia, near Burgos
(see also on nos. 99, 116 of this collection). Berganza (I. 177) says that in the time of Abbot Damian of
Cardena ' Gomez Diacono acab6 de escrivir el Libro de los Morales de San Gregorio en veinte y seis de
Noviembre del aiio de novecientos y catorze: Explicit fccliciier Liber Moralimn Papae Gregorii, pars ultima:
Deo gratias, Gomez Diaconus, peccator, hoc opus Era DCCCC.LII. VI. Kalend. Decembris, ob iussionem
Domni Damiani Abbatis praescripsi. Al principio de este Libro de los Morales de San Gregorio puso el mismo
autor la Carta, que el Obispo Tayo escrivio a San Eugenio, Ar^obispo de Toledo '.
S. GREGORII MORALIA IN lOB 153
From these details, so fortunately presen'ed by Berganza, we learn the exact date of our manuscript
(a. D. 914), and also the fact that it originally had at the beginning the letter of Taio.
The MS. is noticed, and its practice as regards the // ligature described, by E. A. Loew, Sludia Palaeo-
graphica {Sitzungsb. d. K. Bayer. Akad. 1910, pp. 67, 77 of the off-print).
84 (Crawford 94). MISSAL : FRAGMENT.
Vellum, 198 X 183 mm., ff. 23, 20 lines of text and 20 of neumes to a page. Cent, xii,
in a clear sloping minuscule, probabl}' German.
Binding, restored, brown leather over bodrds ; on each side a stamp of cent, xvii (?),
a rose surmounted by a crown : on l. and r. the initials R. H., at top and bottom E., W.
Book-plate of Bateman, of Middleton Hall.
Formerly in the Libri Collection : no. 217 in the sale of 1859.
Collation, i* 3 (four : gap after 3 and 4) 3* (wants 3, 6) 4* 5 (one : should follow quire 3, f. 8).
The quires are out of order. The first in order should be no. 3.
r. 9. This begins imperfectly in the Office for Quinquagcsima :
. . . notam fccisti in gentibus uirtutem tuam, etc.
Then follows Dom. (I) in xL 9
(Introit) Inuocauit mc.
Ps. Qui habitat
Gr. Angelis suis. V. In manibus. %
Tr. Qui habitat.
Off. Scapulis suis.
Com. Scapulis suis.
Dom. II, f. 10. Dom. Ill, Io^ Dom. in pastionc domini, 11.
Dom. in palmis, 11*. In cena domini, 13*. In parasceue (rubric only), 11*. (In sabbato sancto
impcrf.), 13.
♦In Sancto die Pasce, 13*.
Feria ii, iii, 14. Dom. I-V post paaca, 15.
Tyburtii et Valeriani, Gcorii M., In letania Rom., 16.
Philippi et lacob., In dedicatione, In uigil. asccns., 17.
In die, In uig. Pentecosten, In sancto die, 18.
Feria ii, iii, In uig. S. loh. Bapt., In die. 19, 30.
Vig. Petri et Pauli, In sancto die, In nat. S. Pauli, In uig. S. Laurentii, In uig. S. Marie, In die, In exalt.
S. Crucis, Michaelis, 3o''-33*.
Next follows quire i, beginning with:
Bcncdicta sit sancta trinitas 5
Followed by :
Dom. I -IX (rubric) post Pentecosten.
Quire 2, beginning imperfectly in Dom. XV and continuing to XVI, XVH, Feria iii, XVIII-XXII 1
Then f. 33, containing the end of XXII and Dom. XXIII.
154 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
85 (Crawford 95). HOMILIARY : FRAGMENT.
Vellum, 332 X 240 mm., ff. 7, 34 lines to a page. Cent, xi, in a good, clear, slightly
sloping, pointed minuscule, on lines ruled with a dry point. Written in Germany.
Modern binding, with the Bateman crest : it was lot 232 in the Batcman Sale of 1893.
A paper leaf at the beginning, with a list of contents in German, was ' probably written by
Dr. Kloss '.
It is a single quire of 8 leaves, wanting the first, and is a fragment of a Homiliary, containing the following
articles :
Item sermo S. Augustini ep. de ascensione domini (xxxviii. 1309) i
Glorificatio d. n. I. C. resurgendo et ascendendo completa est . . . sarcina peccatorum prestante, etc.
Sermo unde supra (xxxix. ao8a) i**
Salvator noster dilectissimi fratres ascendit in celum
Item sermo unde supra (xxxiv. 2081) ' a
Omnia karissimi que d. I. C. in hoc mundo sub fragilitate . . . natuira gloriosior.
Item sermo unde supra (Florileg. Casinense iii. 4) 3
Dum enim Christus ascendit ad celum et nostris aufertur optutibus
Item sermo unde supra 4
Magnum dilectissimi fratres suscepimus festum quando d. n. 1. C. quadragesima die
*Sermo beati Leonis pape (In penthecoste xv) (liv. 415) 4''
Hodiernam dilectissimi festiuitatem descensione sancti Spiritus consecratam
Sermo b. Leonis pape de die sancto pentecosten (liv. 411) 5
Hodiernam dilectissimi festiuitatem toto terrarum orbe uenerabilem
Item sermo unde supra (Ivii. 375) 6
Nosse credo uos fratres que sit ratio quod ueneralylem hanc pentecosten
Item sermo unde supra (b. Augustini ep. xv) (xxxix. 3093 : Ivii. 377) 6'
Sanctitati uestre karissimi uotorum iam nota debet esse festiuitas
Item sermo unde supra (liv. 418) 7''
Dubitandum non est dilectissimi omnem obseruantiam christianam
Ends : et magnificent patrem uestrum qui in celis est. Qui uiuit et regnat cum filio et cum sp. s. in sec. sec.
Amen.
86 (Crawford 96). S. BERNARDI SERMONES.
Vellum, 297 X 200 mm., ff. 2 + 175 + 2, double columns of 34 lines : the outer column is
distinctly narrower than the inner one. Cent, xii, in a large, clear, upright German script,
round and regular.
Formerly in the Bateman Collection : lot 25 in the sale ol 1893.
Binding, stamped leather of cent, xvi over wooden boards : two clasps^ one broken.
Figures of (?) Peter, Christ rising, David with harp, Paul.
Collation, a^ (i lining cover) I'-aa' (wants 8) b''' (a lining cover).
Quires ai, 33 should follow 19. Quire 30??
Contents:
Sermo Bernhardi abb. de natiuitate domini i
Exultate fratres in domino (clxxxiv. 833)
Sermo in natiu. domini • 4
Ut inhabitet gloria in terra nostra
S. BERNARDI SERMON ES 155
Scrmo in nat. dom. Hodie de raari ad portum 8
„ Non potent explicari sermone l»
in nat. S. Stephani. Adhuc filium uii^inis habemus (clxxxiv. 445) 15
in purif. S. Marie. Adorna thalamum tuum syon 18
„ „ Hodie dominum in templum domini 3i
„ „ Gracias redemptori nostro (cl.xxxiii. 368) 33
„ „ Purificationem b. v. hodie celebramus (ii. 369) 33
dc S. Benedicto. Dixit symon petrus ad Ihesum. Ecce nos reliquimus (clxxxiv. 437) 34
in annunciacione. Considerare est fratrcs (clxxxiii. 3<^) 37
ite.m in annunciacione. Aue gratia plena. Non in sola uirginc (1*. 669) 28''
in natiu. S. loh. bapt. Hodie dilectiss. dies illuxit insignis (clxxxiv. 991) zS^
in assumpt S. Marie. Hie totum decurrat ingenium (cxliv. 717) 35
^ „ Uirgo hodie gloriosa celos ascendit (clxxxiii. 41J) 38*
„ ^ Intrauit Ibesus . . . Optime satis hoc in loco 39''
„ „ „ ., Quid fratres quod e duabus 42
„ „ Tempus loqucndi est omni carni (clxxxiii. 425) 44''
,, ,. AssumpU est Maria in celum. Ad laudcm et gloriam 47
• in natiu. S. Marie. De gaudiis properamus ad gaudia (cxliv. 736) 49
in exalt. S. Cnicis. De uirga lesse dcuenimus (t3. 781) 51''
in festo S. Michahelis. Circa rerum cardinem uersamur {id. 794) 54''
de angclis. Angclorum hodie memoria celebratur (clxxxiii. 447) 58"'
de angel is. Audistis fratrcs euangelicam lectioncm aduersus eos («^. 451) 60**
de omnibus Sanctis. Hodie dies aerenior arrisit (c.\liv. 811) di"*
de omnibus Sanctis. Non inmerito fratrcs ncc ad insipicntiam 64
in festiu. omn. sanct. Quia sanctorum omnium festiuam 68
(Tuv folios are numbered 68 in an old hand : I follow the old foliation with its error.)
de dedic. ecclcsie. Festiuitas hodicrna fratrcs nobis tanto debet (clxxxiv. 517) 68''
de S. Martino. Nobilis ille confessor (cxliv. 815) 70
in festo S. Andree. Ad quietum studium 74*
de S. Nicolao. Nicolaus iatc m's (mcus.') immo ucre (cxliv. 835 : clxxxiv. 1055) 78
in festo app. Petri et Pauli. Hodiema dies dilectiss. dara est (cxliv. 649) 80^
in festo app. Petri et Pauli. Petrus apostolus apostolorum princeps {id. 646) 83^
de S. Maria Magd. Hodie miscricordia ct ueritas (cxliv. 660 : dxxxv. 213) 84''
in fest. omn. sanct. Festiuitas omn. sanct hodie 88
in dedic. ecclcsie. Olim rex gloriosus (clxxxiii. 521) 93
in dedic. ccclesie. Domus hcc fratres ctcmi regis 94''
Scrmo Moral is. Dentes candidi sunt 95''
de compunccione. Bis quinas naturas lacrime 96*
moralis (dc s. trinitatc). Quid rctribuam domino (clxxxiv. 1133) 98
de natura animc. Quantum quidcm regularis (clxxxiii. 1181) 99
in canticum S. Marie. Magnificat, etc. In hoc cantico tres 100
in aduentu domin. Hora est iam . . . Tria ponit loi
„ „ Erunt signa. duo sunt aduentus 104''
M Ite dicite iohanni surdi audiunt 104*
>• >• t, ^ Ceci uident lod"*
in I. dom. ante natalem. Ego uox clamantis 108
de natiu. domini. Dum medium silcntium 109*'
de epiphania. Obtulerunt magi ... Non magi maleficis iii
de epiphania. Christus apparuit nobis 11 3*
post epiph. Nuptiae facte sunt . . . Quia per litteram manifestc 113*
in purif. S. Marie. Impleti sunt ... In hoc euangclio tria 115
X 3
156 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Sermo in Ixx"". Faciamus hominem . . , Hec uerba partim Ii6
in Ixx™*. Singula singulos acceperunt denarios "7
in 1"*. Qui preibant increpabant cecum Ji^*"
in i. dom. xl°. Temptatus est Ihesus . . . Temptat deus 119''
in ii. dom. xP. Mulier chananea . . . Hec mulier magna lao*"
in media xl*. Letare Jerusalem iiii" modis 122
• de tempore gratie. Ecce nunc . . . Post peccatum hominis i'23
de resurrect, domini. Tristicia uestra conuertetur 124
de resurrect, domini. Resurrexit dominus. Sermo iste affectu 135
de ascens. domini. Ascendit Christus in altum 127
Sermo exhortans ad penitenciam. Johannes clamabat 129
de dilectione dci. Diliges dominum . . . Unum nobis hoc est 132
in dedic. eccles. Jacob erexit. Legitur autem iacob quater 133''
in dedic. eccles. Ibo mihi . . . Sponsus quidem eximie 135
de S. M. Magd. Maria unxit . . . Leguntur autem tres unctiones 138''
Dom. iii. post oct. pent. Mulier si perdidit . . . Tres parabolas 140
Dom. xi. Phariseus hec apud se . . . Sunt autem iiii'"' species 141''
de planctu dauid. significante planctum Christi. Planxit dauid 143
After f. 143 (144) is apparently a gap of six leaves. The old foliation continues with 151 (now 153),
quire 30.
Imperfect sermon, ending : non pane mistico sed celesti saturari mereamur 151
Sermo de triplici iure dei ad hominem. Tribus modis per creaturam 153
De tribus incarceratis. Tres in carcere quondam fuisse 153
Dom. xxii. Seruus tenens conseruum suffocabat eum 153''
Jn aduentu d°'. Nox precessit 154''
de tribus mortuts resuscitatis. Ihesus infremuit 155*"
de obediencia. Dominus dedit dominus abstulit i57
We now return to quire 19, f. 159 (145).
Sermo moralis de uerbis apostoli. Nolite conformari seculo. Ordine naturali 159
Dom. xiiii post oct. Pent. Et factum est . . . Sunt autem tres principales lepre 160
de triplici paupertate. Beati pauperes . . . Sermo iste affectu
Dom. viii post oct. pent. Venient ad uos in uestimentis ouium 164
in festo S. Petri. Dixit Ihesus petro Petre amas me. Et hoc tercio 166
Continued on 167 (161), quire ai.
ad uircula S. petri. Transiens petrus primam . . . Cum tot et tanta 11^9*
de multiplici temptacione et tribulatione. Domine quid multiplicati 169
Dom. xii post oct. pent. Et adducunt ei surdum 170
S. communis quando et ubi uolueris. Nos oues paschue eius 171''
in aduentu d"'. Audite uerbum domini. Verbum aliud primo homini 173
S. moralis de tribus nouissimis. Fill memorare nouissima 175 (169)
de missione sp. S. Cum uenerit spiritus ipse uos docebit 177
de institucione baptismi. Ite baptizate eos ait . . . Tria uero quibus deus 178
in letania maiori uel minori. Amice commoda mihi tres panes 179
Dom. xvi post oct. pent. Defunctus efiferebatur. Sub hoc uerborum breuitate 180
Ending 181 (175)'': dicentes quia propheta magnus surrexit in nobis.
The initials are mainly in red, plain or ornamented: but on the following leaves there occur good
decorative initials, chiefly of white branch-work ors pale blue ground.
f. I (E, large), 8 (H, two dragons), la, 15, 18 (red, decorative), 31, 33, 33 (brown and white on blue), 37,
38'* (dog and bird), 35 (dragon swallowing dog), 43 (outline figure of Christ blessing, facing K.), 49, 129 (out-
line figure of John Baptist with book), 174 (168).
EVANGELIA (BREMEN) 157
87 (Crawford 97). EVANGELIA (BREMEN).
Vellum, 242 X 192 mm., ff. 213, 22 lines to a page. Cent, x, late, in two good hands, the
first large, light and round, the second blacker, smaller and narrower.
Vellum binding of cent, xviii, early.
Formerly in the Bateman collection : lot 740 in the sale of 1893.
At the b^inning is a printed book-label :
Franciscus Guilielmus Dei et Apostolicae sedis gratia Eptscopus Ratisbonensis, Osnabrugensis, Min-
densis et Virdensis, Metropolit. Cathedralium et Insignium Ecclesbrum Coloniensis Frisingensis Bonnensis
Oetingensis Monacensis respectiue Praepositus, Archidiaconus et Canonicus Capitularis. Sacr. Rom. Imp.
Princeps, Comes de VVartenbergh et Schaumburgh. Dominus in Waldt et Hachenburgh, etc.
Above is the engraved book-plate : oval shield, surmounted by coronet, bearing lozengy of vert and argent,
a lion rampant, crowned.
Motto : Cognosce Hlige Matura.
On f. I', in a hand of cent, xvii-xviii :
Hoc Evangeliorum Codice usus fuit S. Anscharius dum esset in viuis, et multis exinde seculis in Eccle-
sia Bremensi veluti aaccr adseruatua est (This is also written on the back of the volume.)
Below this, in other hands :
Ant. 865.
A. C. D CCC Lxi.
Scriptum esse hunc Codicem ad finem Saeculi XI cdocent charactercs Scripturac.
Collation. 1* 2«-8» 9'* (6, 9, 11 cane.) io«-i3« ( + 8*) i4«-ao« (-f5*) 2i»-2.5* (5-8 cut out) | 26» tj*.
Contents •
Eusebian Canons of the Gospels ih
Three decorated pages e»
Text of .Matthew.
Sections marked in margin.
Ends 61.
Incipit breviarium (to Mark) : 3 chapters, Dc iohanne baptista . . . ascensio eius in celos 61
Expl. Brcv.
Inc. Argumcntum. Prefatio Evangelii secundum Marcum ({•
Marcus euangclista dci
Picture and decorative frontispiece to Mark g_j
Text, 65. ending 98*.
Inc. Argumentum Evangelii secundum Lucam 07*
Lucas syrus
Expl. prol.
Inc Capitula (ai)- Zacharias ui«o angcio . . . laudantes deum in templo. Amen 99*
First words of Luke's prologue j. b
Picture alid decorative frontispiece to Luke ,0.
Text, loj, ending J55* Expl. evang. sec. Luc.
Hand changes on I28\
Prologue to John : Hie est iohannes , „•
Expl. Argumentum.
Inc. Breviarius evangelii sec loh. (14 chapters) , ,5*
Phariscorum leuite . . . resurrectio eius.
Expl. Breviarium sec. loh.
Inc. Evang. sec. loh.
Initial and beginning of text j ,„b
Picture and decorative frontispiece , -g
158 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Text ending 197'*. Expl. Evang. sec. loh.
Four leav£s cut out. f. 198' blank.
Inc. capitulare Evangeliorum de circulo anni 19^*"
In natale domini ad S. Mariam (so far in red capitals). Divided into months, ending die xxliii mensis
decemb.
Inc. lectiones euangeliorum de diuersis causis 21 1
Pro ubertate pluuie.
Pro ordinantibus episcopis.
Common of Saints follows this. Then, on 212
In aduentu iudicum.
Ending with four Gospels : In agenda mortuorum.
Expl. Capitulare evangeliorum.
There is a mistake in the Proper of Time. March 12 (Gregory) and 25 (Annunciation) follow the February
feasts without any name of the month : the title Mense Martis occurs over the page. After March 25 is a
title
Inc. lectiones a septuag. usque in pascha.
Mense aprile follows Low Sunday. The names of July and September are omitted. Two Gospels are
given for the Natale vii fratrum (July 10). Cyriacus occurs on 15 July and 8 Aug. Euplus, 12 Aug. Adrian,
8 Sept. Eustace, 20 Sept. Caesarius, and not All SS., i Nov.
The weeks after Pentecost are numbered thus : 1-3 post Pent. 1-6 post natale Apostolorum. 1-5 post
nat. S. Laurentii. 1-7 post nat. S. Cypriani. 4-1 ante nat. domini.
The ornamentation of the book is copious, and is derived from good models, but is in itself rough.
*The Canons, arranged in quadruple and triple columns, and occupying eight pages, are under round
arches with purple tympana, in which the titles are written in white capitals. The arches and shafts have
usually patterns in blue, outlined in red : the capitals and bases of the shafts are in gold and colour.
*f. 5'' has a full-page picture, framed in red (a narrow band), silver, and gold. Purple panel in C, with
whitish pattern surrounding it. On this is a large medallion, framed in red, silver, and gold. The ground
of it is mainly light buff, dotted with red. The picture represents a half-length figure, bearded, nimbed, and
winged (with four wings). He holds a book and blesses. His robe is dark blue over something like light
yellow. Below, on the purple, in white capitals, is : Homo nascendo.
6». Full-page, with frame like the last and purple ground. Matthew, bearded, with gold nimbus, sits
almost full-face, robed in yellow and brown : he holds a roll in /. hand, and with r. hand writes on a scroll on
a desk on R. : Liber generationis . . . dauid. A white dove, with silver nimbus, flies down from R. Behind
it, the Divine Hand.
6''. Full-page. Frame of red, purple, and white. Ground in squares of two shades of purple, with trellis
of white wavy lines. The word Liber in capitals, mainly gold. The L has panels of plaited work in blue, and
some conventional foliage.
On 7" the words Generacionis . . . filii Habraham are on four lines of black and red capitals, partly filled
with yellow and occupying half the page.
64*. Full-page, except for three lines at top. Frame of red, gold, and white. Purple ground, with white
patterns. Mark, bearded and nimbed, robed in yellow over blue, sits turning to R., and writes in red in
a book on a desk on R. the words : initiuvi (?) Ecce mitto. On R. the Dove and Divine Hand, as before. On
L. a winged lion, holding a book, issues from a blue cloud.
64''. Full-page. Frame of red, silver, and white. Purple ground, with white patterns and dots, on which
is the text : Inicium euangelii to uiaiti tuam. The initial is in plaited work of gold and silver. The first two
words in white capitals, the rest in white minuscules.
Decorative initials on gS'', 103*.
I04». Full-page. Ground and frame as on f. 5*, &c. Luke, bearded and nimbed, sits, turning to R., robed
in purplish upper garment over blue. He writes on a blue scroll on R. On L. a white dove at his r. ear.
*I04^ Full-page. Ground and frame as the last. A medallion, bordered with blue and white pattern :
EVANGELIA (BREMEN) 159
the ground as on f. 5*. A half-length figure, with human body and ox's head, nimbed and winged, holding
a blue, patterned, book, rises out of what may be meant for clouds. It has a very demoniac appearance.
Below, in white capitals : Vitulus immolando.
Decorative initials on 155*, ^^f"-
158*. Full-page. Frame and ground as the last John, seated, beardless and nimbed, turning to R. He
is in blue over pink. He writes on a scroll on R. : in principio erat uerbum. The Dove and Divine Hand on
R., as before.
The initial I on 157* is largely in red outline. The letters « principio have never been inserted. Most
of the page is blank.
158*. Full-page. Ground and frame as the last. A large medallion, %vith broad border of decoration,
mainly blue on red. Inner ground buff, with red pattern and white dots. The eagle, nimbed, standing on
a book and looking round to L. Above and below, in white capitals : Aquila rolando.
The initials in the Capitulare are for the most part in black, filled with green.
88 (Crawford 98). EVANGELIA (WALBEKE).
Vellum, 228 X 155 mm., ff. i6i, 22 lines to a page. Cent, xi, early, in two ? fine, small,
delicate, upright hands. In the latter part of the book the scribe carries up the tops of the
letters which project above the line to an unusual height. The change is perceptible after
about f. 23*'.
Modem black morocco binding; with gold tooling. The Batcman crest (crescent
surmounted by star between two wings) is on the back.
Formerly in the Libri collection : it is no. 358 in the Sale Catalogue of 1859, and then
passed into the Bateman Library : it was lot 741 in the sale of 1893,
Collation. \* a» 3*-io* 11" ia*-i5* i6'* 17* i8'* (9 cane.) 19* ao* 11 (two).
Contents :
In a hand of cent, xiv :
Lectio libri Rtgum. In dicbus illis misit dominus pestilentiam J
Collect. Prouide domine fidelibus tuis, in a later hand.
Prologue. Plurcs fuisse . . . uiuis cancndas i*
In a beautiful square hand : at end, in red capitals :
Matheus Evang^lista.
Jerome to Damasus. Nouum opus mc facere cogis 3
Apparently in the same hand, but smaller.
Husebius Carpiano 4
Sciendum etiam ne quern ignarum 4''
(Capitula) Natiuitas Christi magorum munera . . . doctrina de baptism© 5
Matheus sicut in ordine primus (j
Expl. Pro!. Mathci Euangeliste, in red capitals.
In a hand of cent, xv :
(a) Lectio Ep** b. lacobi apost. 6*
Karissimi confiteamur alterutrum . . . multitudinem peccatorum.
{b) Anno d»' m. cccc. quadrag. tcrcio quinta feria post Michahelem Cristianus de Grymwe in Uchtm^rslc
plebanus libcre resignauit prcfatam ccdcsiam domino decano et capitulo Walbicensi ac prefatus cristianus pro
salute anime sue dcdit successor! suo, etc. (fi
In a hand of cent, xiv, early (?) : a list of lands in a number of villages, beginning with : Scapcndal, Nyen-
dorp, Pcsekendorp, Wevcnsleue, Vmwendorp (or V^rmendorp), Ekenstcde, Detmcrshusen, Andessleuc, Parvum
Oschersleue, Magnum & parvum Gcrmersleue, Papelizc, WIvestorp. Tortun, Scoleue, Arcesleue, Zenewiz,
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Wantsleue parv., Emerighe, Brandesleuc, Neudorp, Eysleue, Warmstorp, Wester baddeleue, Siersleue,
Druckesberge, Dreyscleue, Dodenstorp, Gropendorp, Wellendorp, Tundersleue, Bornstede, Otmersleue, Nort-
germersleue 7
Ending 8^
In a later hand :
Has consuetudines subscriptas ecclesie S. Marie in Walbeke ibidem a canonicis retroactis temporiJ)us
. iam dudum iuramentis suis prestitis seruatas S**
Provisions relating to prebends and benefices.
Interrupted by the insertion of ff. 9, 10, but continued on 11', the last words being faint.
On f. 9, in a later hand, is a document of Ernest, Bp. of Halberstadt, reciting and confirming statutes, at
the instance of Dean Henry and the Chapter of Walbeke.
f. 10 is half a leaf. On it, at top, in a hand of cent, xiv : Ego .N. volo in antea seruare statuta et con-
suetudines ecclesie Walbicensis scriptas et non scriptas sic me deus adiuuet et sancta dei euangelia.
In another hand, of cent, xiv :
A: d. m° ccc° xiiii" nos Ludolfus dei gr. Decanus Totumque Walbicensis ecclesie capitulum.
Provisions with regard to residence of canons.
On 10'' another is added in a much later hand.
On ii» the text of 8^ is continued.
Picture and title-page to Matthew 1 1* I2»
Text 12'', ending 56''.
Oath of a Canon-elect of Walbeke (xiv) : rather longer than that on 10*.
Prologue to Mark. Initial in gold and silver, outlined in red 57
M et Petri in baptismate filius.
Brevis Evangelii sec. Marcum : initial in outline 58
De lohanne baptista et uictu et habitu eiusdem . . . sepultura et resurrectio eius.
Copia super viUam Stehici (xv) 59
Otto Albertus et Otto fratres dei gratia marchionis brandeburgensis. 1281 8 kal. apr.
Attestation by Johannes Boggel.
Picture to Mark 59''
Oath of a proctor of a Canon of Walbeke (xiv-xv) 60
Text of Mark, 6c. Initials in outline, ending 84".
Prol. to Luke. Lucas syrus 84*
Copy (xv) of a deed of 1329 of Otto, Bp.-elect of Magdeburg, conveying rents of Ochtm^rsle to Walbeke 85
Copia in Esbunne, 1360. In German 85''
To wetten dat alse ame fridage na assumpcioni marie ...
Form of oath of a Canon of Walbeke 85''
Protocollum super lus advocatiae in Esbunne, 1388 86
To wetten dat alse ame dage michahelis archangeli ...
Brief in German, in a somewhat earlier hand 86''
We bartolt von der gnade goddes dekan vnde alt kapictel to Walbeke ...
Dated : drictenhundert jar in dem drictoghesten jare in sante walborchge dage.
Text of Luke, 87. Initial in red, ending 127".
Prol. to John. Hie est iohannes 127''
Iste est census ville walbeke (xiii-xiv) 128
Ending 129'', interrupted by
Picture to John 129
Text of John, ending imperfectly in xxi : et scimus quia uerum est testimonium eius (161'').
Decoration : This is unfinished. On 4*^13 an outline decorative initial.
On ii*", full-page frontispiece to Matthew, in brown and black outline only. The frame contains a small
lion. The Evangelist, beardless, sits facing R., and holding scroll : desk, with sloping top, on ornamental shaft,
on R. In upper R. corner an angel in air (horizontal), holding a scroll.
EVANGELIA (WALBEKE) i6i
12'' has full-page initial L and frame in red and black outline. The words {L)iber generatiotiis I. C. filii
David filii Abraham were meant to be inserted.
59*. Outline. Mark, beardless, sits writing on a scroll on desk on R. Winged lion, proceeding from
a cloud above on R., holds a book. The frame is pretty.
The text begins : Ecce mitto angelum (the first words not being inserted), and has two good outline initials.
There may have been an outline picture to Luke (f. 86*), but if so, it has been written upon. The text
(f. 87) has a decorative initial.
129. Outline figiire of John facing R. and holding scroll, of which the end lies on a desk on R. The eagle
faintly seen above on R., the frame also faintly indicated.
The two last pictures have been inked in, the last only partially. They are of good execution.
89 (Crawford 99). CASSIODORUS SUPER PSALMOS.
Vellum, 465 X 345 mm., ff. 4 -1- 396 + 3, double columns of 38 lines. Cent, x (949), in a fine,
delicate, upright Visigothic minuscule, on lines ruled with a dry point on the recto of the
leaf
Binding, massive wooden boards. The old skin coverings of the sides, with five plain
metal bosses on each, have been preserved and relaid on modern pigskin ; so has that of
the back, which is quite plain.
From the monastery of S. Pedro de CardeOa : see below.
Formerly in the possession of Libri : sold in 1864 at Sotheby's : then in the Bateman
Library : lot 553 in the sale of 1893, when it was purchased by Lord Crawford.
Collation. 5 modem fly-leaves: 4 old fly-leaves: i' (wants i) 2*-4* (wants 4, 5) 5"-i6* (wants i) 17"-
ao* ai* (wants i) 22"-49* 50*' (wants 10) : ^: i old fly-leaf. The modern foliation, which I use, begins with
the second of the old fly-leaves.
The old fly-leaves at the beginning are :
i. Fragment of a leaf of a huge late-Spanish choir book, with music.
ii-iv. Fragment of three leaves of a Kalendar, with entries of feasts (few only), obits, and sums due to
the Abbey of Cardci^a (presumably) on certain days. The original entries are of cent, xiii, in a fine black
hand. There are additions of cent, xv in paler ink, which I give in brackets.
I. The first leaf is a small fragment, belonging to the month of March. The only entries on the recto are
Bencdicti abb. and Annunciacio s(ce). On the verso nothing remains.
aV September:
3. Gonzaluo martinez de uilla yriezo. i. mrb. dela enfcrmeria.
5. Donna mayor de uilla bascones. i. mrb.
8. Natiuitas see marie, de uille uela. vi. mrb. [e de sant adrian de villa fria pitanca et abbad.].
•btal
II. [De sacristiania por don p". rcmenetz ii mor.]
13. Gonzaluo prrrz de uilla bascones. i. mrb.
14. Cornelii ct cipriani del enfcrmeria. i. mrb.
aa. Gonzaluo uec^nt de uille uela. ii. mrb.
a9. Michaelti archangel! de fenestrosa. vi. mrb.
2*. October:
9. Don peidro padre del arzopispo ii. mrb. de uilla Gonzaluo.
I a. Don diago fcrrandez .ii. mrb. de boniel.
17. Don iohn de cardefU dijo .i. mrb. de las casas de sant e.stcuan.
aa. Fray iohn .ij. mrb. de castriello del bal.
a8. Symonis et iudc .vi. mrb. de uilla longa.
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i62 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
3». November:
I. Festiuitas omnium sanctorum .vi. mrb. de Goniel.
8. [De don diago de uila embistia .ii. m"'. de la Casa de uila embistia.]
II. Martini ep. vi. mrb. de sant martin de pensuela.
23. Cecilie uirg. de montorio .i. mrb.
35. [Hatherine uirg. dela enfermeria .xv. iiTr.J ^
37.' Facundi et primitiui .vii. mrb. de sant babiles.
30. Andree ap. vL mrb. de cardeiia dijo.
3''. December:
6. S. Nicholay .i. mrb. del refictorio.
10. Abbas rodmcus .vi. mrb. de las casas de cantaranas.
13. Abbas Stephanas los molinos de castriello de la uega.
15. Dominicus de torqemada las casas de sant steuan.
18. S. maria .i. mrb. del refictorio.
31. S. thome .i. mrb. del refictorio.
34. Vigilia natalis domini et in die del refictorio. (25. blank.)
26. Stephani m. i. mrb. del eglexa.
37. lohannis euang. ii. mrb. el abbat.
38. Inocentes .ii. mrb. dela camara.
30. Garci cormano .ii. mrb. del hospital del camino.
31. [Columbe uirg. ii. mrb. de sargosa.]
mrb. presumably stands for maravedi.
Contents: Cassiodorus super Psalmos (AZ. Ixx. 9).
*Two-thirds of the inner (first) column of f. 4 (i) has been cut out for the sake of a large initial R. The
remainder of the first column is occupied by an inscription in small capitals, the lines being alternately in red
and black : a line or two may be gone at the top, and the first remaining line is mutilated. It runs :
ILLE QVI ANTE PRESIDEM STETIT SILENS • MECU(m)
incipiente Endura presviter scr(i)benti
in hoc uolumine ad libera«du;« sit regens : •
In s^c««do aduentu sui gloria uel futura
examinationis die fruar gratia
et mercedis pro hoc labore : •
Tertio demum die exepulcro dominus
resurgens • omnes patres paradiso
restituens • incidente me in peccatis
nunc resurgam • et cum patriarcis
dexteram tenes • regna polorum
fruar per secula amen amen.
The first four lines of col. 2 are in Greek capital letters, in red :
CO BCONH AHXTWP KAPICClMH
MYCHAACO HNAOPA HPHCBYTHP
CHO CXPYBTOPYC TWA YN OPHXH
MHY MHMHNTO AMHN 1
i. e. O bone lector carissime misello Endora presbyter seu scriptoris tua in prece mei memento. Amen,
Below this begins the text of Cassiodorus. The initial, as was said above, occupied most of col. i.
(R)epulsis aliquando in rauenna . . . urbe soUicitudinibus ... ad exponenda psalterii uerba ueniamus.
Expl. prefatio (small red capitals).
' An almost identical inscription, by a scribe John, occurs in a MS. from Silos, of cent, xi (B. N., Nouv. acq. lat. 2179) ; see
Delisle, Milanges, p. 95.
CASSIODORUS SUPER PSALMOS 163
ItKipit eiusdem expositio (large red caps.) lo*
Degesta psalmorum . quare primus (small blue caps.) psalmus non habet titulum (small red caps.)
Psalmus hie ideo non habet titulum 1 1
On 1 1* the actual exposition of Ps. i begins. Part of the title is gone, owing to a not large mutilation.
The initial to the Psalm remains.
On the lower maigin of 12^ is a very rough pencil scribble (xiv or xv) of a lion and part of another : above
it, in pencil, is : Este es leon vias pante.
After f. 29 two leaves are gone, with the end of Ps. vii and beginning of viii. An initial has been cut out
of C 119.
After f. 1 20 a leaf is gone, with the end of Ps. xlu
The initial to Ps. xlvi, f. 131*, is the first containing human figures.
At f. 148* the first 50 Psalms end, and there is an imporUnt piece of ornament occupying most of
a column. It consists of nine detached bands of colour— the two lowest being smaller than the rest — with
an inscription in coloured monogrammalized capitals. The bands arc (from top) blue, yellow, green, yellow,
black, yellow, green, yellow, green : the letters, which in all cases are outlined in red, are yellow and green in
the alternate bands. There is a copy of an engraved facsimile of the inscription in the book, made by
L. Jewitt, F.S.A., Derby, doubtless when the book was in the Bateman Library. The inscription is:
Explicit expo/sitio psalmor«m/a primo pslom us/qiu ad quinquage/simum bcati cassio/dorii incipit dc
L<*/primo usq»^ ad ccntesi/mum eiusdem beati cassiodorii / incipit pslms L primus.
An initial is cut out of f. 1.59, and a leaf is lost after it, with part of Ps. Ivi.
The edge off. 162 is mutilated : f. 167 .slightly mutilated.
The lower part of f. 206 is gone, with the initial to Ps. Ixxii. The whole R. portion of f. 210 is gone
(Ps. Ixxii-iii): also the R. half of f. an.
f. 235 is slightly mutilated.
On f. 283* ends the second division of the Psalter, with Ps. c. There is a subscription, in capitals, occupy-
ing almost a whole column. The lines of writing are alternately red and black, but this time they are not on
coloured ground.
It is preceded by a rubric in minuscule:
f*#*n***t *m**n d*** gf. : finit amen dec gratias {or 6n gratia).
In capitals : Ex/licit psalmus ccntcsimus/In nfftmine dni nsi ihu/
xpi Incipit liber /expositio psalmorwm/quinquaginta numer<>/
Incipit psalmus/ ccntesimi/j primus/oratio pauperis/
cum anxius fuerit/et coram dfto effudcrit / preccm suam.
At the top of f. 284 is an inscription in small Greek capitals, blue and red :
INXinie nAPC THPOIA/AAIOBA MH AffT.ME QOIK/
IN T€ X(i>N<t>IA(U ZfTl IhO
i. e. incipit pars tertia. adiuua me dominc mi quia in te confido (? Chrr'jtc Ihrxu).
On f. 3i7» is a word in Greek letters : SAWPIA.
In this part of the book the smaller coloured initials are not unfrequcntly drawn lying horizontally instead
of being upright
f. 370 is mutilated : the initial to Ps. cxxvi cut out.
On f. 374': <t>\Hie ACUSPE. On 376 : OINie. On 383": OINie nCAAMOC AW PPf.
More than half — the inner half— of f. 391 is gone.
On 397': ♦INie.
The text ends imperfectly on Ps. cxlviii. .5, with the words :
siue principatus siue potestates.
The two leaves that follow arc from a copy of about the same date, and in a beautiful hand, of the Moralia
of St Gregory. They are in double columns of 43 lines.
The leaves are conjugate, but not consecutive. The first deals with Job xxvi. 5 sqq. Eccc gigantes
gemttnt sub aquis, the second with xxvii. 20. 21 Apprchendet {turn sicut) aqua inopia.
The leaves are not from no. 93 {Moralia, also from S. Pedro de Cardeiia).
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i64 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The last fly-leaf is (like the first) from a large choir book.
There is a very large number of decorative initials in the volume. They are of exceedingly neat and
clean execution, and contain in many cases very finely drawn panels of interlaced work of Celtic aspect (e. g.
f. 263''). One only have I noticed containing human heads : but there may be more.
In several cases the rudiments of the decorated border may be seen in the shape of sprays of foliage
growing out of the initials : e. g. f. 373' and a fragment on 370'' ; f. 397'' is a page specially rich in ornament.
The style of the work differs materially from that in no. 93, in which the initials may be compared to
enamel work.
The colours employed in this book are red, dull blue, yellow, green, purple. Many of the interlaced
patterns are in black outline.
Supplements and corrections are made in a very good hand of nearly the same date as the text, with the
note SR affixed to each : ? siippletur or scribitur.
A fortunate circumstance enables us to assign a date, place, and name of scribe to the volume. As in the
case of nos. 93 and 116, we derive our information from Fr. de Berganza's Antiguedades de Espana, Madrid,
1 7 19. He is chiefly occupied with the history of the monastery of S. Pedro de Cardefia, near Burgos. In
vol. i^ 221, is this passage:
Eti\tiempo del abad Don Estevan Pritncro Endura Presbytero y Sebastian Diacono escrivieron la Exposi-
cion qtie hizo Casiodoro de los Psalnws. Assi al principio, como aljin del Libra, pusier on estos Escritores algzmas
noticias muy dignas de nuestro assunipto. Dizen al principio: Labentem praesentis vitae huius exairstim ad
saeculi finem tendere nemo nescit : sed votum Fidelium Christicolamm synceriter pollicitum et Deo fideliter
oblatum non senescit, divino praesertim munere inspirante, est Munnioni Christi fidelissimo cultori, nobile or to
genere, simul cum coniuge clarissima Gugina, absque aliis muneribus hoc peculiariter munus offerrent, et
obtulerunt optimum pretium ad conscribendum librum Decadae, videlicet omnium Psalmorum, ob honor etn san-
ctorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum, concessumque iure perenni fruendum Stephano Abbati, Pastoralis Curae
digne ferenti ducentorum numero Monachorum Caradignae in ascisterio simul regulariter viventiuni : hac
enitn conditione ut et praesentes eum incunctanter possideant, et successoribus seu in regimine seu in subiectione
perpetuis habendi gratiam relinquant. [Something is wrong here : in order to make sense we must read some-
thing of this kind : non senescit : itaque diuino . . . inspirante visum est Munnioni . . . Ut absque, etc. Absque
here means ' apart from ', ' not counting'.]
Berganza proceeds to give the substance of the above in Spanish, and continues (p. 332) : A las dos hojas
del Libro (i. e. on f. 3) dize el Monge Endura con cardcteres Griegos estas palabras : O bone Lector charissime
Misselli Endurae Presbyteri sui scrip toris tua in inprece mei memento. Amen. [This is, of course, the inscription
given above.]
Berganza proceeds to give the subscriptions of the book, which have been lost with the concluding
leaves :
En lo tdtimo del Libro estd escrito, segun el Fray Lope de Frias (Hist, de Cardeiia, cap. 9 Yepes, torn. 3,
aiio 537), de quien se aprovechb el maestro Yepes, para escrivir la Historia de Cardeiia: Almae Trinitatis
divinae coelitus inspir amine compulsus ego Endura, Sacerdoiii indigne gerens officium, Libri huius solerter prcu-
scribere feci iniiiutn, curumftosae vitae peracto aetatis meae tricesimo et primo anno. Iniunxi tamen hoc opus
implendum Sebastiano speciali filio, alumnoque dilecto, Levitico etiam ordine functo, eligens praesertim hoc in
opere habere socium quern eruditio huius scriptionis charissimum mihi pracbuerat discipidum. Extat praeterea
hoc ge stum Caradignae in Arcisterio (Asc-) sub atrio reliquias ferente Martyrum Sanctorum Petri et Pauli
Apostolorum, simtdque Sanctorum I oannis Apostolic t Evangelistae et Sancti Vincentii Levitae : inseriturque his
venerabilibus Reliquiis memoria Beatae Euphemiae virginis. Magnam docente claramque Monachorum catervam
Patre spirituali Stephano, gratia regiminis priori in ordine constitute, Perfectus est hie Liber, expositionem in
se continens omnium Psalmorum, Christi iuuante dextera, sub Era Dcccc. Ixxx. vii.
After rendering the above into Spanish, he goes on :
Por ultimo estaba escrito con car deter es Griegos : Explicitus est Liber iste a Notario Sebastiano Diacono
notum praefixionis diem quartodecinio Kalendas Februarii Era Dcccc. Ixxx. vii. regnante Serenissimo Rege
Ramiro in Legione, et egregio Comite Fredinando Gundisalvi in Casiella, atque Pontificatum gerente Basilio
Episcopo Sedis Munnioni Castelli.
CASSIODORUS SUPER PSALMOS 165
The date corresponds in our reckoning to 19 January, A. D. 949, the Spanish Era being thirty-eight years
in advance of ours.
We have here a definite statement that the book was written by two scribes, Endura and Sebastianus: but
I own that I cannot detect the point at which the latter begins. The writing is wonderfully uniform through-
out. It may be that the first few leaves are a little less closely written, and that the hand of the latter portion
is taller and narrower, but I cannot see any well-marked change.
The MS. is noticed by E. A. Loew in the publication quoted above on no. 93, at p. 70.
90 (Crawford 100). EPISTOLAE CATHOLICAE.
Vellum, 232 X 154 mm., ff. 46, 19 lines of text to a page. Cent, xii, in a clear, slightly
sloping minuscule. Text in a narrow column n'ear the middle of the page : glosses on each
side, and between the lines.
From the Premonstratensian Abbey of Weissenau (St. Peter of Augia Minor or Minde-
row). It has the book-plate of B. A. Z. W. (Bonaventura Abt zu Weissenau), and a printed
label on f 2 bears the words : Bonaventura Abbas Minoraug. On f. i* : Liber S. Petri
in Augia Minori. Hartmannus tradidit (xii).
It was no. 738 in the Bateman sale. Nos. 6 and 102 of the M'^Clean Collection in the
Fitzwilliam Museum have the same provenance (Weissenau and Bateman).
CoUaiwH. i»-6» (i and 6 cane.).
♦On f. !• is an outline drawing, occupying the greater part of the page, of a church with western tower
surmounted by two birds and a cross: three crosses surmounted with rings on the nave roof: transept and
indication of central tower : the drawing does not include the whole of the transept, and is cut off afterwards.
The nave has five single lancet windows in the clearstory, and betx^ath them a low arcade of fourteen openings.
There are no windows in the wall beneath. South door near the west, the door in two halves, each bearing
a lion's head with ring in its mouth. The roofs are tiled and the stones carefully marked out. Running up
beside the tower is this inscription :
Qui me pingebat hainricas nomcn habcbat.
Est omata domus ubi uir dominatur honcstus.
Contents :
I. The Catholic Epistles, with gloss.
Epistola lacobi apostoli i^
Gloss L.: Omne gaudium. Ne indignemini si mali in mundo florcnt
I Peter, f. ii. a Peter, f. ai.
I Joh., a;, a Joh., 36*. 3 Joh. 38.
Jude, 39.
Text ends f. 4a: Amea Alleluia. Gloss ends : et potcns cui nihil resistit.
a. A penitential tract : single lines, 57 &c. to a page 43
(S)dendum summopcre est quod tribus modis omnis cuipe nequiciam perpetramus
It contains an examination of the penitent upon each Commandment.
Ending f. 46* :
Et assidue oret et roget dominum ut oratio eius et elemosine eius apud deum acceptabiles sint.
Near the bottom of the page : Liber S. Petri in Augia minori.
i66 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
91 (Crawford 101). lONAE VITA COLUMBANI.
Vellum, 212 X 150 mm., ff. i + 42 + 1, 21 and 22 lines to a page. Cent, x (Lawlor, cent, ix),
in a very fine, slightly sloping Carolingian minuscule.
2 fo. uia a segete or postumianus.
Modern binding, with Bateman crest : two wings : between them a crescent with a star
of six points between the horns.
Collation : i fly-leaf, i''-5* 6', i fly-leaf. The fly-leaves are modem and blank : f. 7 wrongly omitted in
the foliation.
Formerly Ltbri : no. 269 in the sale of 1859, when it was purchased by W. O. T. Bateman : no. 467 in the
Bateman Sale, 1893, when it was purchased by Lord Crawford.
Contents :
f. i». Blank.
On I**, in red rustic capitals : In nomine Dini incipiunt/capitula libri sequentis.
I. Prefatio primi libri.
xxviiii. De interitu thiederici et liberorum nece et inpleta prophetia in chlothario.
On a*, in red rustic capitals : Incipit uita -S-ZColumbani Abbatis.
I. Rutilantem atq. eximio fulgore (so far in capitals) micantem.
The initial R in outline, decorative. Other initials plain, in red.
The last two leaves are in a somewhat smaller script, but apparently by the same hand.
Cap. 39 ends 42'' : Reliquiae autem eius eo habentur in loco condite, ubi et uirtute decore pollent presule
christo cui est gloria per omnia secula seculorum amen.
. Explicit/ liber de vita -S- Columbani Abbatis (red rustic capitals).
The MS. is minutely described by H, J. Lawlor, in Trans. R. I. A. vol. xxxii. (1903), p. 6 : it is .^ i a** in
B. Krusch's edition of 1905 {SS. Rcr. Germ.), p. 63.
The Preface {Dominis) and second book are wanting.
See P.L. Ixxxvii. icii, B. H. L. 1898 : Krusch's edition gives the standard text.
A facsimile of a few lines is in the Libri Catalogue, pi. xxi.
92 (Crawford 102). BIBLIA SACRA.
Vellum, 13I X io| in., ff. 504, double columns of 56 lines. Cent, xv (1459).
Written in Germany.
Binding, stamped pigskin over boards : two clasps.
It contains the book-plate of Bateman, of Middleton Hall. No. 2.. in the sale
of 1893.
At the top of the fly-leaf is this inscription :
Bibliam istam testatus est capitulo Egregius decretorum doctor Mgr. Conradus de halstat plbus (? pleba-
nus) in Apstet^« pro anniuersario sibi annue tenendo cuius anima deo viuat. Actum a. d. M°. cccc. Iviiij" (the
end of the date is cut : but the scrap with iij"> has been stuck on to the leaf just below).
Collation. I'O-io'" 11" (wants 7)-i8" 19I*' (wants 4) ao" aii" (wants 4) 22^" 23^'' | i"-
(wants 8 blank).
Contents:
Inc. epistola sancti Jeronimi presbiteri ad paulinum episcopum de omnibus diuine historic libris
Frater ambrosius . . . cogitat esse moriturum.
BIBLIA SACRA 167
Expl. q>istola.
Inc. prefacio S. Jeronimi prcsbiteri in penthateucum moysj 3
Desiderii mei . . . transferre sermonem.
Inc. liber Geneseos 3
The books follow in regular order, with the usual prologues, from Genesis to a Chronicles. The first leaf
of 2 R^. is gone.
Oratio Manassis '"3
Esdras (= Ezra), Neemias, Esdras (= i or 3 Esdras).
Thobias, Judith (first leaf gone), Hester, Job.
Psalter, wanting prologue and nearly all Ps. L
It is Jerome's version from the Hebrew (called Hebraicum). Ps. ii begins Quare turbantur gentes.
Ps. cli (Pusillus eram) is added.
Then follows a scries of 160 Collects (one for each Psalm, except the cxixth, which has 11), each with its
own rubric.
i. Quod ipse sit lignum uile cut insertndus est comursacionis nostre (sic) ut floreal honor iim operum irriga-
ciont. Beatus vir.
Effice nos domine tamquam lignum fructuosissimum ante conspectum tuum, etc.
dx. Quod cithara nostra dulce melos resonabit iubilacionis si cor da ttnsa fuerit pUctro fraterne caritatis.
Laudate dominum in Sanctis eius.
Armonie nostre domine suauissimum melos, etc.
Proverbs (with prologue) — Ecclesiasticus 230
Isaiah— Malachi 262
1, 2 Maccabees 347*
Gospels (with the old prologues : Matheus ex iudta, etc) 367''
Acts 41 »
Pauline Epistles 4^5
Catholic Epistles 452*"
Apocalypse (with prologue of Gilbert : Omnes qui pie uolunt) 457*
Ending 463'.
Interpretacioncs nominum, four columns on a page 4^3*"
Aaz apprchcndcns.
Ending : Zuzim consiliantcs eos uel consiliatores corum. 504''
The decorative part of this book is characteristic and interesting. Its principal feature is a scries of
historiatcd initials which, in this case, contain portraits of the authors or principal characters in the various
books, and not pictures of events.
The most noteworthy colours are a strong pink and a gay green. The execution is not specially fine. The
smaller initials are mostly in plain red or blue. I subjoin a list of the historiatcd initials. The figures are
half-lengths, except where otherwise described :
I. Prologue. A Bishop (Paulinus), nimbed, in 7. Jos. Joshua in close pink tunic over blue plate-
yellow chasuble and mitre, holding and pointing to armour, holding spear in r. hand, /. hand on hilt of
a green book. sword. Red ground.
a. Gem. In a quatrefoil, Christ seated, full-face 8. Jud. Gideon in blue plate-armour under purplish
(full length), with hands crossed on His lap. The tunic : gorget of mail, pointed helmet, holding sword
picture has a blue ground, is imposed on an initial I in scabbard. Behind him, on purple ground, the
in grey, and this again on a gold field edged with fleece with drops falling on it.
green and other colours. c^. Rutk. A green initial with a figure of a woman,
3. Exod. A Jew in a green cap and pink robe. and a bearded head, also in green.
4. Lev. Moses, homed, in green. 10. i Reg. David in crown, mantle of ermine and
5. JVum. Moses looking up at the face of God green, with orb and sceptre, face R.
(red, in a red cloud) : gold ground. 3 Rgg, Initial gone.
6. Veut. Moses, varied slightly from no. 4.
i68
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
1 1. 3 Reg. David, crowned and bearded, in bed.
Abishag stands on L.
12. 4 Reg. Solomon, crowned. A counsellor in
blue, with green hat, on L. Background of orange.
13. X Par. An aged man, seated, full-face, between
two youthful persons.
14. 2 Par. Solomon, crowned, youthful, in ermine
and grey tunic, kneeling, face R. God's face in blue on
a blue cloud, above : below it a polygonal building
with gold top, probably the altar.
15. Or. Manassis. Bust of bearded man in green
with large head-dress.
16. Prol. Esdr. Man in yellow. Red ground.
17. Esdr. Cyrus, seated, full-face, full-length,
r. hand on heart.
18. Neem. Crowned youthful figure facing L.,
holding a gold vessel. (Nehemiah as cup-bearer ?)
19. I Esdr. The Temple, with red and blue roofs,
on L. Josiah, crowned, on R., facing L.
ao> Prol. Tob, The angel Raphael.
21. Tob. Tobit, in green, reclining : a swallow
above blinds him. Tobias bends over him, holding
a small round box, and rubs his eye.
Judith. First leaf gone.
22. Esth. Esther, crowned, in green, with long
yellow hair, holds a gold sceptre and faces R.
23. Prol. Job. A black devil talking to Job's wife.
24. Job. Job, nude, with joined hands.
Psalter. First leaf gone.
25. Proverbs. Man, in green dress and gold turban.
26. Eccl. Solomon, in pink dress and gold crown.
27. Cant. The Virgin, crowned, in pink and green.
28. Sap. Solomon, crowned, in green.
29. Ecclus. Man, in pink, with gold head-dress.
30. Prol. Isa. Jerome, in cardinal's hat.
31. Isa. Isaiah, in large head-dress : scroll Terra
uestra deserta.
32. Jer. Jeremiah, with scroll : Noli dicere quia
pner sum quoniam.
33. Bar. Baruch, with scroll : Ecce missimus ad
vos pecuniam de quibus emite.
34. Ezek. Ezekiel, with scroll : Vidi uisionem
domini.
■3,e^. Prol. Dan. Nebuchadnezzar, in blue, with pink
crown.
36. Dan. Daniel, with scroll : Tenipta nos obsecro
seruos.
37, 38. Prol. in xii prophetas. Two busts, of a
woman and a man.
39. Hos. Hosea, with scroll: Vade sume tibi
uxorem.
40. Joel. Joel, with scroll : Periit sacrificium et
libacio.
41. 42, 43. Proll. in Amos. Three busts of men.
44. Amos. Bust of Amos.
45. Abd. Bust of Obadiah.
46. Jon. Jonah, nude and bald, swallowed by a fish .
47. Mic. Bust of Micah.
48. Prol. in Naum. Bust of a man.
49. Na. Bust of Nahum.
50. Prol. in Abacnc. Bust of a man.
51. Abac. Bust of Habakkuk.
52. Soph. Bust of Zephaniah.
53. Prol. in Aggeum. Bust of a beardless man.
54. Mai. Malachi, with scroll : Si ergo ego pater
tuus sum.
55. I Mace. Soldier, in pink surcoat over plate-
armour, and helmet, with spear.
56. 2 Mace. Bust of bare-headed soldier, with
scroll : ludas et Iona{t)ha.
57. Matt. Nimbed angel, in blue, wingless.
58. Prol. Marc. Bust of angel.
59. Prol. Luc. Ox.
60. Luc. As no. 57, but in yellow.
61. Prol. J oh. Eagle.
62. Prol. Act. Ox.
6'^. Act. Like no. 60.
64. Rom. Paul, in yellow, with sword.
The other Pauline Epistles have busts of Paul in
the initials : the prologues also mostly have busts of
beardless men (65-88).
89. Prol. I Pet. Peter, in mitre.
90. I Pet. Peter, bare-headed.
91. 2 Pet. Like no. 90.
92. Prol. I Joh. Eagle.
93. I Joh. John, bearded.
94. 95. 2, 3 Joh. John, beardless.
96. Prol. Apoc. Eagle.
97. Apoc. John, beardless.
HIERONYMUS SUPER PROPHETAS 169
93 (Crawford 103). HIERONYMUS SUPER PROPHETAS.
Vellum, 343 X 245 mm., ff. 197, double columns of 47 lines. Cent, xi-xii, in a clear,
slightly sloping minuscule. The volume is in a tender condition from damp. It was lot
1 132 in the Bateman sale of 1893.
From Stavelot. On the lower margins of the last page of each quire, and the first of
the next, is written, in red capitals :
FRATER WIBOLDVS SANCTO REMACLO.
But these inscriptions cease after the tenth quire, and the tenth has only the first two
words.
Inside the cover, at top, is (xv-xvi) : Liber monasterii Stabulensis.
On f. 2 is a wood-cut label representing a shield leaning against a tree by a post. The
shield is or, with three crescents, each surmounted by a star of six points.
Binding, skin over old boards : traces of two fastenings : re-backed in cent, xvii or
xviii.
Collation, i gone, ii* (wants 1-5) iii*-xxii' xxiii* xxiv^-xxvii* (wants 7, 8).
The covers are lined with a Stavelot document of 1397, complete all but a small portion in the middle. It
begins:
Vniuersis presentes literas et singulis inspecturis seu audituris frcdericus de steinbach decanus totumque
ca(pitulum : . . . gaf) sancti bcnedicti leodiensijquc dyoc. salutcm et rei subscn'pte noscere veritatem Noueritis
quod cum magna et grauia/debita in quibus domicclle Elyzabeth rclicte quondam liberti scabini stabulensis
et nicholao nunc eius collaterali (gap) -ati nos et nostrum Monastcrium pcrurgerent Et pro huius modi debitis
deperditis magne partis bonorum nostrorum/verisimiliter immincret.
The Abbot is Walramus. The document aecms to be an acquittance.
Contents: Hieronymus super Prophetas minores.
f. 1 is gone, except for small fragments, f. a is imperfect at upper /. comer, beginning: exultabunt.
Hunc/. . . XX tybcrium transtu/. . . laqueis capi soleant. (In Osee, Lib. I.)
Lib. II, f. a"*, with good outline initial in red.
Lib. Ill, 14, one initial in pencil, another in good red outline, with the figure of a man.
In lohcl, two good initials 26*
In Amos. I, jS*" : figure of a man. 11,47*. m. 57-
In Abdiam, 67*. Blank space for second initial on 68*.
In lonam, 7a. No initial : space on 7a''.
In Micheam, 8i^ II, 91.
In Naum, io3\
In Abacuc, 114*. II, 134*.
In Sophooiam, 133.
In Aggeum, 147-
In Zachariam, 154".
In Malachiam, 191''.
Ending on 197"' (the ink has eaten through the vellum of the latter half of col. a) with the comment on
chapter iii : quid sit inter iustum et impium . . . (Martianay iii, 1831).
This volume does not appear in the Stavelot Catalogue printed by Gottlieb (Uber mittelalt. Bibliotlieken,
pp. a84sqq.), the date of which is 1105. The Stavelot manuscripts were sold by auction at Ghent in 1847
(a5 Jan.. a<5 Apr., 8 Nov.).
I70 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
94 (Crawford 104). JOHANNES GLOSSATUS.
Vellum, io| X 7^ in., ff. 92, 13 and 18 lines of text to a page. Cent, xiii, early and late,
in three hands. English work.
Formerly in the Bateman Collection, lot 1160 in the sale of 1893, was previously lot 527
in another sale.
Modern binding.
2 fo. temporis disposicio or turn est nichil.
Collation, i' (wants i blank) ii'-v' | vi'-ix* (wants 8 blank) x*-xii' (wants 7, 8).
Contents : The Gospel of St. John, with marginal and interlinear glosses {the glossa ordinaria).
Prol. : Hie est lohannes.
Text 2^. Gloss begins : In principio .i. in patre.
Fine initial I, containing six curls or knots of conventional foliage, the stems green and blue and vermilion,
ending in conventional leaves or flowers, on gold ground. Near the bottom a grotesque face : at the top a knot
of red and blue stems. It resembles work done at Canterbury.
Text ends 93''. Gloss ends : neque nubent neque nubentur.
The following account of the scribes, written by Mr. F. Madan, Bodley's Librarian, cannot be
improved upon by me:
' This is a Latin manuscript containing the Gospel of St. John, with marginal and interlinear glosses,
forming a commentary. The whole of it was written in some one English monastery, within the thirteenth
century.
- But it falls into three divisions (A, B, C), written at different times and in different styles.
A (pp. 1-92). This part contains i. i - x. 25. It appears to be written in the 3nd quarter of the
thirteenth century, not later. After this part was written, although it ended in the middle of a sentence, there
seems to have been a pause of some years.
B (pp. 93-126, 141-184: X. 25-end, but see below). Soon after the middle of the thirteenth century,
a scribe in the same monastery (for the pricking of the lines and, in the latter part, the rubrication are similar,
and an incomplete volume is not likely to have been sent elsewhere) took up the imperfect sheet and completed
the Gospel, adding some omitted glosses on pp. 91-92. But his writing was larger, the ink blacker, the style
of capitals in the early part is later, and altogether there are signs of an interval of time. The guiding lines
are no longer drawn with a leaden stilus, but with an iron one.
C (pp. 127-140 : xiv. 21 -xvi. 36). In abotit 1270-80 (not, I think, later) it was discovered that in the
nth line of the text of p. 141 the original scribe had left out several leaves of the exemplar which he copied
(or else the exemplar itself wanted them), containing xiv. 21 (a patre meo)-xvi. 26 (patrem de nobis). A scribe
was employed, probably in the same monastery, to copy out the missing portion, and his work, on seven
leaves, was prefixed to the faulty page. But again the style of writing, and much more the style of rubrica-
tion and colouring, had changed. The alternate use of red and blue in the new head-line, the extended
ornamentation of the capitals, the peculiarly English tassel-shaped ornament, all mark another short interval
of time. To obviate the awkwardness of referring back from p. 141 to p. 127, a few verses were copied on
the lower margin of p. 126 quite late in the thirteenth century, and the volume finally assumed its present
shape.
The glosses, written carelessly with a leaden stilus in parts of A and B, are of an ordinary kind, and in
places hardly decipherable.
Of the critical value of the text I cannot speak, without a close examination.'
PSALTER 171
95 (Crawford 105). PSALTER.
Vellum, 273 X 192 mm., ff. 2 + 184, 17 lines to a page. Cent, xiv, early ?, in a large, black,
upright Gothic hand. Written in Germany. Has the book-plate of Bateman of Youlgrave
Hall. No. 1508 in the sale, May 1893.
Old binding : red skin over flat boards : two clasps with gilt metal terminations, ending
in the (upright) heads and necks of two birds, bored at the base to receive two pins ; the
wings and tails of the birds form the body of the clasp.
GoUatioH. d* I* (wants 1-3) 2* (i, 2, 5, 6 cane) 3* (3, 4, 7, 8 cane.) 5"-i7'* 18* (wants 6).
ff. i, ii are in a good fourteenth-century hand, in dbuble columns of 36 lines, in German. They contain
prognostics of the year (from thunder, &c), rules for diet, and medical receipts. Noticed by Priebsch, Deutsche
Hdsckrr. in Engl. I. 185.
f. i*. Hit merki vrie sick dv tar erziehtn an atUn dingtn vmb vbtl oder gut.
So das Jugent iar kumet an cincni Sunnentag . so werdent in den winter starke winde.
(Prognostics from the day of the week on which the year begins.)
Wie man sick in dtm iare halten sol in iegliehem manot mil arzenie.
Genmr. In dem jnanot der da heisset Genner . so en sol nicman blut lassen.
ii*. Was der Umre betvtet der da kumet iu eim itglichen manot.
Der tonre der da kumet in dem Genner . bezeichnot starke winde.
Von ditn verworfenen vnd freissamtn lagtn.
Dis sint die verworfen frcissamen tage . vnd vngclvkhaftig.
ii*. Receipts. Von dem imuendigtnflosse, etc The last is Fvr siteron.
Kalendar in red and black, wanting Jan. — June I
Pictures 4
Psalter 13
Cantica 166
LiUny iHi*
Ending imperfectly in the prayer : Deus qui cs sanctorum tuorum splendor mirabilis.
In the Kalendar : each page has at the bottom a note (added ?) in red of the length of night and day, in
German :
Dv Xacht hat — stvnde vnd der tag hat — stvnde.
The first six months arc wanting. In those which remain I note the following entries :
July *3. Udalriciep., altered in a late hand to Sept. *ii. Felicis et Regule.
July 4- *i6. Lucie ct Geminiani.
*8. Kyliani et soc. 17. Lampcrti desiderii et al.
Note that ho feasts are in red, but the description la. Mauricii et soc Maior.
of them (Summa, Maior, Minor, Duplex) and number *3o. Ursi et soc.
of lessons (iii and xii) are in red. Oct. *I5. Aurelie V.
II. Transl. of Benedict, with octave. ♦id. Galli C. Minor.
Aug. •5. Oswald!. Nov. *3. Pirminii Ep.
*7- Afre. ♦le. Othmari Abb.
*i6. Theodoli ep. ♦i^. Amandi (Aniani) et Augustini.
•a8. Pelagii hermetis ct Augustini. *ai. Columbani Abb.
♦31. Paulini lusti ct dementis C. *»6. Chunradi Ep.
Stpt. .*i. Verene. Z?^<r. ♦11. Lucie Odilie V.
*6. Magni C. Thomas of Canterbury not marked.
z 2
172 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
In the Litany : Monks. Columbane.
Martyrs. Alexander. Galle.
Bonefaci cum soc. Magne.
Cyriace „ „ Othmare.
Maurici „ „ Virgins. Afra.
Pelagi (last) Regula
Confessors. Aureli. Verena. >•
Theodore. Scolastica.
Udalrice. Walpurga.
Chunrade.
So far as I can see, these saints suit w'ith an attribution to the diocese of Constance better than with
any other. The feasts marked with an asterisk all occur in the Constance kalendar as given by Grotefend.
On the other hand, some special feasts, such as that of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Sept. 9), are
absent.
The pictures and the ornaments, generally speaking, are rough. The colours are strong and good, but
the drawing elementary. The gold is of good quality. The full-page pictures at the beginning are enclosed
in coloured frames of red or a dull green, or brown, patterned. Most are divided horizontally into two scenes.
Titles are added in rough hands.
I. f 4*. Above, Virga lesse. Blue ground. Jesse, in pink robe, reclines, head to L. Vine springs from
his bosom, with red stem and dark green leaves : it fills the field. In it are the figures of the Virgin (L.) and
Christ (r.), both crowned and both young.
a. Natiuitas sancta Maria (!) virginis. Gold ground. Anne sits in bed, head to L-., holding the child,
swaddled : a nimbed woman near her feet with raised hand. Building on R.
3. 4\ Above, two compartments. Gold ground. \.. Annuntiatio dominica. Two figures standing : angel
on L. with pendent scroll : ave maria. The Dove in air by the Virgin's head.
R. the Visitation : two figures embrace.
4. Gold ground. The Virgin lies on the ground, head to L. A nimbed woman supports her head : another,
also nimbed, on R., holds up the Child, nude, with a linen cloth about Him. Fire-place on R. An unusual
picture.
5. 5\ Gold ground.
Above, Natiuitas domini. Angel (r.) and two shepherds, one leaning on crook, the other playing bag-
pipes on L. Dog, cow, two goats fighting, another climbing rock : one sheep.
6. Gold ground. The Virgin sits up in bed, head to L., embracing the Child (not in swaddling clothes).
Joseph sits on R. and points with staff. Manger, with ass and ox feeding.'
7. 5^ Gold grounds.
Above, Adoratio trium magorum. Virgin (crowned) and Child, seated, on L. The Child handles
a gold piece from the opened cup offered by kneeling king. The two others stand, and one points L. to
the star.
8. . . . in templo (?), Symeon on R. Altar, with book on it. The Virgin holding up the Child. Two
nimbed women.
9. 6*. Gold grounds (which continue throughout).
Ahov&,fugit ifi egyptum. Joseph, with keg on stick, leads the ass to L. Bird in tree on R.
10. The Baptism. Christ, in heaped-up water (up to the neck), in C. Angel, with seamless coat, on L.
John on R.
II. (i°. Temptatio domini in deserto et in cenaculo (referring to next page). Rocks and trees. Christ on
L. In C, rock with three white stones on it. Devil on R.
12. Entry into Jerusalem. One figure only besides Christ ; he spreads his garment.
13. 7*. Last Supper. Judas, a small figure, sits on the ground on this side of the table.
14. Quomodo captus fuit. L. the Agony. Christ's face and hands are spotted with blood. Angel, on
rock, with scroll.
R. Betrayal. Peter and Malchus : a soldier clutches Christ's hair.
PSALTER . 173
15. 7*. Presentatio coram Annas. L. Annas seated on L. in peaked cap. Christ and soldier (head
defaced).
R. Caiaphas (face damaged) on R. in peaked cap. Christ and Jew (head defaced).
16. L. Pilate, crowned, on L. Christ and soldier (head defaced).
K. Pilate, on R., washing his hands.
17. 8». The Scourging. Tormentors spit at Christ.
18. Quomodo coronatus fuit. Two men press the crown of thorns upon His head. He is throned, with
sceptre.
19. 8*. ... pilato. Christ in white, and two men before Pilate on R.
20. Quomodo paiolauit crucem. He bears the cross. The Virgin, on L., supports it. A man on R., with
hammer and nails, and cord to His waist.
21. 9». Quomodo orauit ante crucem. Christ kneels by the Cross, which is set up. Soldier on L. : man
with hammer and nails on R. Building on R.
aa. Christ on the Cross. The Virgin and another on L. John on R.
23. 9*- Quomodo depositus fuit de cruce. The Virgin and John each hold an arm. A man supports the
body, another draws the nail from the feet.
24. The Entombment. The Body has nimbus. The Virgin, two women, and a man at the feet.
35. io». Full-p;^e. Redemptio. Christ, with banner, strikes the gate of Hell down with His foot. Angel
by Him, with scroll. Hell is a square tower with peaked roof. A large devil behind the gate. Souls emerge
(Adam, Eve, &c.), others seen in flames in lower and upper story.
26. icV Full-page. Resurrextio domini. He steps out of the tomb with banner. Two angels stand in the
tomb, one with a candle. Three soldiers in arches below.
In lower margin a lion and dragon fighting.
37. 1 1*. Aparicio marie magda. Christ, on L., with banner. Tree, with spade leaning against it. Magda-
lene on R. Buildings L. and R.
28. Aparicio . . . Towers L. and R. The two disciples going to Emmaus meet Jesus (on R.) : one has
a hat with red strings.
29. I iV Ascensio domini. Mount in c, with foot-prints on it. Feet of the ascending Christ. Virgin and
Apostles kneel on L. Peter and Apostles on R.
30. Pentecost. Virgin (Dove above her) in c, and three Apostles on each side. They are all seen, half-
lei^h, over a green battlcmcntcd wall with gold door. Red rays proceed from c. to their heads.
Initial to Beatus vir. Mostly gold. Contains Jcs.se, in red, sleeping : a gold tree grows from his breast, in
which arc the Virgin and Child. There arc line-fillings in purple, red, and green (fish, grotesques, &c.) roughly
done.
Initials of Psalms roughly filled with patterns, usually containing a medallion with a small grotesque.
Many margins are adorned or mended with green and red silk in a saw-edged pattern.
Gold initial to Domine in virtule tua, Exultate iusti, Deus noster refugium. Dens repulisti, Ut quid Deus,
Confitemini domino (105), Confitebor (Cant Isaiae), besides the Nocturnes and Quid gloriaris (51) and Domine
(xaudi (loi), which have large coarse initials with a quantity of gold.
96 (Crawford 106). BURCHARDUS.
Vellum, 382x260 mm., ff. 4-i-i76-t-4, double columns of 43 lines. Cent, xi, in a fine
round minuscule, apparently Spanish.
Binding, massive modern stamped leather, by Zaehnsdorf?
Collation. 4 modem fly-leaves, i old fly-leaf. i'-7* 8* 9* lo' 1 1" ia*-2a* 33" (wants 4) 4 modern fly-
leaves.
At ends are paru of two leaves of a fifteenth-cent, service book, in double columns, with music on a four-
line stave.
174 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On f. I (old fly-leaf), in a small hand, occupying a little more than a column, is a letter from Urban
(II. 1088-99) to the Spanish king Hildefonsus.
Urbanus, etc, hildefonso glori<osi)ssimo ispaniarum regi . . . Hec sunt rex hildefonse quibus princi-
paliter hie mundus regitur.
He has received the king's brother, Bernard, Abp. of Toledo, given him the pallium, and confirmed the
privileges of Toledo. He bids the king restore the Bishop of Santiago, whom he had deprived (through
Cardinal Richard, who had been legate but had beefh deposed by Victor III).
On I*, in a large hand, is a form of abjuration :
Ego • ille • anathematizo • maledico • et denego • omnes ereses quas fides catholica dampnat • et precipue
illas quibus actenus infamatus fui • et aduc infamor • et inculpor • et profiteor me nunc credere • et deincebs corde
tenere illam fidem • et credulitatem quam egcclesia catholica tenet auctoritate romana • si deus me adiuuet et
horum omniumque merita sanctorum.
Contents: The Collection of Canons of Burchardus, Bishop of Worms in 996, in twenty books.
In red capitals : In nomine Patris et Filii et spiritu(s) sancti. amen.
Large coloured initial B : outline red, filled in with pale yellow. The stalk and loops of the B are filled
with panels of interlaced work in red and blue. At top and bottom of the stalk are interlacings in yellow.
The loops are filled with white knot-work on blue ground, with a human head at the central point.
Brochardus (red capitals) solo nomine uuormatiensis episcopus (black capitals) Bruchoni fideli suo
eiusdem uidelicet sedis preposito . . . mei peccatoris memoriam deprecor ut habeas a
Rubric : Inc. capitula libri primi (236) 3
Rubric : Inc. liber primus de potestate et primatu ecclesie apostolice sedis, etc. (cxl. 491) ' 5
In nouo autem testamento post Christum dominum nostrum ^
Long initial I, the height of the page, the frame as before in yellow outlined with red, filled with panels
of red and blue interlaced patterns.
The source of each of the extracts, of which the work is composed, is written in a minute hand beside the
opening words.
There are some xiv-xv"'-cent. marginalia in a rather rough hand.
Each book has a large initial of the«ame character as those already described, save where otherwise noted,
and each is preceded by its capitula.
Lib. II f. 28, III. 42, IV. 62, V. 7I^ VI. 75, VII. 8o\
On 83 is a full-page table of affinity, held by an awkwardly drawn, bearded figure clad in grey-blue, with
bare legs and curious foliated C-shaped ornament about his neck.
VIII. 84, IX. 9l^ X. 97, XI. 105b, XII. II2^ XIII. 115, XIV. 117, XV. nS, XVI. 123, XVII. 125".
XVIII. 130'' (the office De uisitatione et penitentia et reconciliatione infirmorum precedes the capitula.
XIX. 134'' (this book is called Corrector).
XX. 163 (Liber speculationum).
Ending imperfectly in cap. xcviii (quod etiam omnes infideles resurgere debeant, etc.) :
Tedargui non merentur. Illis saltim uerba.
Chapters xcix-cix are wanting.
No. 42 is a fragment of this same work.
97 (Crawford 109). INVITATORIES (DOMINICAN).
Vellum, 420x290 mm., ff. 2 -f- 71 -1-2, five lines of text and five ot music (on four-line
stave, ruled in red). Cent, xv, in a large and stately Italian Gothic hand.
Binding, old black leather (? xvii) over wooden boards : two clasps. .
On f. iii> is a small ticket (modern), with a blue circle and the press-mark »
Purchased at the Howell Wills Sale, Sotheby's, 1894. '^
INVITATORIES (DOMINICAN) 175
Collation, a (two), i* (i gone, a cane, or gone) 2'-9'. b (two : and lining cover).
The four fly-leaves are waste leaves of a very finely written Passional, in double columns of fifty lines. It
is in a splendid round hand of cent, xi, probably Italian. Headings are in uncials.
Of the two leaves at the beginning, f. i has on the recto the end of the Passion of St. Alexander,
followed by :
V. Kal. Sept. Actus et uita S. Augustini Ep.
Inspirante omnium factore et gubematore deo mei memor propositi.
This is the life by Possidius {Patr. Lat. xxxii. 33).
There has been a fine and gaily coloured initial to this.
f. i ends : et gubcmatione aecclesie impendere iam.
The writing on f. ii» has been washed out.
On f. ii* is a portion of the L^end of a St. Vigilantius, who converts his father and mother. A St Astion,
who had suffered martyrdom, and a St. Bonosus, a priest, are mentioned.
Of the two leaves at the end :
iii* has a portion of the Legend of St. Remigius :
Miraculum de translatione.
Cum bcatum rcmigii corpus sanctissimum dcferreretur (!) ad sepulturam.
The text on the verso has been washed off.
f. iv, the verso of which is stuck to the cover, has a further portion of the Life of St. Augustine.
Contents :
Rubric : Ad memoriam de b. uirgine in aduentu ad uesperas i
O virgo uirginum quomodo fiet istud.
Ad Bencdictus ant.
Spiritus sanctus in te descendet a
Ab oct. Epiphanie usque ad Purificationem ad Magnificat ant. a^
O admirabile commercium.
Post fest. Purif. ad Magn. uel ad xntmoriam ant. 3^
Ainu redemptoris.
Ad Bcned. ant. ^
Aue Stella matutina.
Tempore paschalis (!) in uesp. ad mem. ant 6*>
Rcgina celi.
Ad Bened. «■
Beata dei genitrix.
Saluc rcgina o
Invitatories for several feasts, as follows: II
Dom. iii in aduentu Surgite.
S. Vincentii m. Vincentem.
In conuers. S. pauli Gaudemus.
■ Thome de aquino Adsunt.
In chathcdra S. petri Tu es pastor.
S. Petri martiris Celcstis il*
S. Katerine de senis Christum.
In commcm. S. Pauli Laudemus.
& Petri ad uincula Tu es pastor.
In nativ. b. Virginis Natiuitatem.
In feato omnium SS. Regem regum I a
In communi apostolorum Gaudete.
Venitc exultemus in full.
S. M. Magdalene l«
176 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
b
b
S. Augustini "^1
In communi unius martiris, 17*; unius confessoris, 17*.
Venite in full ^7
S. lo. baptiste, S. Michaelis, In comm. euangelistarum 23
Venite in full ^3
In i, ii, iv Dom. in aduentu 28''
In vig. nat. domini, Dom. in passione, In ramis palmarum, In festo Trinitatis 39
In festo Corporis Christi, In dedicatione, In S. Nicholai, In S. Stephani, In S. Jo. euang. 29
In purif. B. V.M., In S. Vincentii Conf., In festo corone domini, In exalt. S. Crucis, In App. Petri et
Pauli, S. Katerine, In inuent. S. Stephani 30
In comm. unius uirginis, In S. Dominici, In Assumpt- V., In transL S. Thome de aqtiino 30'
Venite in full 3°*"
In nat. domini, 35^ Dom. in oct. epiph. 3^
Venite in full 3*5
Dom. in albis, In ascens. domini, In pentecostes 41
Venite in full 42''
In feriis per aduentum, iiii" temporum aduentus 46*
In Vig. Epiph., per octhauas Epiph., Feria ii-vi Sabbato 47> 47""
In feriis pascali tempore, per oct. Trinitatis — S. Job. bapt. — apostolorum Af'-A'^
Vnius martiris conf, virginis trium lectionum 4^'
Venite in full 48
Per e(b)domadam pasce, Per oct. Ascens., Per ebdom. penthecostes, De Sanctis pascali tempore 53
Venite in full 53*"
Dominicis diebus. In Ixx™*, Dom. i-iv in xl"*. In die sancto pasce SS*", 59
Inuentionis s. crucis, In festo S. Andree, In annuntiatione domini 59''
Venite in full 59''
Te deum laudamus in full 65
Ending 71''.
The feasts which I have italicized show very plainly the Dominican provenance of the book.
Decoration. On f. i is a large square initial. The letter is in red, with elaborate decoration in white upon
it, and with red, green, and blue foliage growing out of it. It is on a gold ground in a blue frame. It contains
a picture of the Annunciation. The Angel, kneeling on L., the Virgin, standing on R. A landscape seen
through an arch in the background, through which also the Dove enters on rays. A curtained recess on R.
The painting is careful, but not very good.
A band of ornament runs down the L. side of the page.
There are also very many large initials, alternately red and blue, filled or surrounded with bold pen-work
in red or violet.
98 (Crawford 110). EVANGELIA OTTONIS IMP.
Vellum, 240 X 193 mm., ff. 205, 25 lines to a page, on lines ruled with a dry point. Cent, x
(late ?), in an exquisite, rather tall, round and upright, minuscule hand.
Binding, brown leather, with plain central panel and roll-pattern ; of cent, xvi, over
wooden boards : two metal clasps, with slight ornament.
Within the cover is the printed label, dated 1843 (the last figure in ink), of the Bibliotheca
Bollandiana at Brussels.
There are two letters in the volume. One is from the Comte Horace de Viel Castel,
dated 2 July, 1849, addressed to one of the Bollandist Fathers ; it speaks of a monk of
EVANGELIA OTTONIS IMP. 177
St. Gall, named John (an Italian), whom Otto III employed to paint an oratory at Aix, and
who became bishop of Li^ge. It also asserts that the manuscript before us is Italian.
The other is from Father Victor de Buck to Sir Andrew Fountaine (of Narford),
offering him the MS. at the price of 6,500 francs (10 Aug., 1855).
The book was presumably written either for Otto II (955-983) or Otto III (983-1002) ;
I do not see that there is evidence to show definitely which of the two must be selected.
CoHation. i* A» B« C* (r, a cut out) D»-H' I* (K absent) L» M'-P» Q** (1-3 cut out) R«-Z' (aa absent)
bb» cc»-fP gg« hh» ii^
The signatures are not origiaal : they may be as late as cent. xv.
Contents :
f. I*. Blank. A late inscription erased on the recto.
f. I. Inscription at top of cent, xvii-xviii : ^
NB hie h'ber putatur scriptus seculo viii vel ix.
Title in plain gold capitals :
Incipit Epistojla beati Hicro|ninu presbitejri ad scm Dama|sum papam.
Full-page : beginning of the letter.
Outer frame gold, edged with red ; four small leaves in gold at the angles. Inner frame of three main
bands, separated by red lines. The outermost and broadest is of acanthus-foliage, in white on dark blue : the
next, narrow, plain gold : the innermost, gold scroll-work on light purple. At the angles, four squares of light
red, with a conventional four-petalled flower in white and gold.
The main ground purple, with some small ornaments in white : mainly occupied by a large B, of minuscule
form, of gold edged with red (as throughout), containing panels of white and green. It has knots of plaited
work and a dragon's head. Within it the ground is a brilliant green, with white ornaments, in which is set
a large knot of plaited work. Around this latter are the letters : E, A, Ti, S (Beatis-) in gold — some filled with
green. Below, two lines of gold uncials : -simo papae Damaso Hieronimus. Old uncoloured silk guard.
The letter : Nouum opus facere me cogis . . . uel uicina dixerunt 2
Gold initial
Title in gold uncials.
Inc. prologus Sci Heronimi sup^r EuoMg/Ziii 4
Plures fuisse. Gold initial, with a spot of green.
Title in red rustic capitals.
Inc. Argumentum Euangelii secundum Mathe«m 6
Matheus ex iudea.
Gold initial.
Inc. Breuiarium Euang. sec. Math, (red rustic) 7
(i) Natiuitas Christi. Plain gold initial.
(xxviii) . . . doctrina eius de baptismo.
In gold uncials on a purple ground : Expl. Breuiarium.
The Eusebian Canons 10
These are splendid compositions. The section numbers are arranged in four or three columns on a page.
They are in red at first, then in black. Short gold lines separate the groups of numbers.
The framework is in the form of the fa9ade of a classical temple : pediment, with acroteria (on the gable
only, except on the first page) ; architrave (inscribed with the title of the Canon, e.g. Canon primus in quo
iiii. Mat. Mar. Luc. loh., in gold uncials : round-headed arches underneath. The columns supporting these
arches are very variously coloured and patterned. On the first page there arc five columns treated thus
(from L.). Nos. i and 5 are pink, with spiral wavy lines, alternately gold and white : nos. % and 4 are green,
with irregular patches of gold : no. 3 is plain gold.
The capitals are of conventional foliage, usually in pink or blue (or both), heightened with white. The
bases uniformly gold.
A a
178 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The colours of pediment, architrave, &c., are varied : pink, purple, blues, and greens occur — white patterns
are usual. The names of the Evangelists are in gold in the heads of the arches.
Several old silk guards remain.
Frontispiece to Matthew i6
Outer frame vermilion, edged with blue and patterned with gold : projections of gold foliage at the angles
and in the centres of the sides. Inner frame mainly gold, with red lines and small patterns in colour: at the
angles, dark blue acanthus, with white patterns.
In the centre of each side is a medallion with gold ground set on a square of dull blue, with groups of
three white dots in the spandrels. Each medallion contains a bust, in colour, of a beardless man in mantle,
fastened on the r. shoulder. The mantle is twice pink and twice green, over white. Each medallion is edged
with a red line dotted with white. The heads of the busts at top and on L. look to the R. The others look
to L. Each has an inscription in tiny capitals round the head, as follows :
1 (Top). ROMANE. R. P. DIVI MEM OTTO IMPER. AVG.
2 (/.). XPIANE RELIGIONIS ET ROMANE R. P. OTTO IMP. AVG.
3 {Bottom). D. CORONATVS ROMANE R. P. OTTO IMPER. AVG.
4 [r.). XPIANE RELIGIONIS ET ROMANE. R. P. OTTO IMP.
Main ground purple : within the convolutions of the foliage it is green, with white dots. It is occupied by
a large gold L and I (the latter springing into foliage). These have panels of white plaited-work about them,
and below them, in gold uncials, the letters : -ber generationis.
ff. ii**, 17* are framed in green and gold, and the text of the genealogy is written in gold as far as i. 27 :
qui uocatur christus.
Initials of chapters are in plain gold : others in red.
The first line of a chapter is in red capitals.
Ends 6)»: Finit Euang. sec. Math, (red capitals).
Title of Mark. Five bands, three of purple and two of green. On these, in gold capitals :
Incipit ai/gumentum/Evangelii/secundum/Marcum.
Marcus euangelista dei. Fine gold initial 61
On a patch of purple, in gold uncials :
Expl. argumentum . hie . capitula sequentis operis • 62^
(i) De iohanne baptista.
(xii) . . . et resurrectio eius.
Expl. capitula Euang. sec. Marc, (red capitals).
Leaves (? two) cut out. 64" blank.
64'' and 6^* are two splendidly decorated pages. The frames are of the same character as those already
described.
On 64'' the main ground is green. On it are four bands of purple, inscribed in gold capitals:
Incipit li/ber scl evan/gelii secun/dum Marcu.
On 65* the main ground is purple: occupied by a large gold foliated I and the letters NITIVM. The
frame contains plaited work in gold on green.
Text ends 92''. Finit euang. sec. Marc, (red capitals). .
93». Blank.
On 93'' the title Incipit ar/gumentum/ evangelii/secundum/Lucam/ exactly as for Mark, in gold capitals
on alternate bands of purple and green.
Lucas antiochensis. Fine gold initial 94
ut scriptura indicat.
Item argumentum '95
Lucas antiocenus arte medicus. Fine gold initial.
Expl. argumenta.
Inc. capitula 96
(i) Zacharias angelo . . . (xx) resurrectio eius et reliqua.
EVANGELIA OTTONIS IMP. 179
In gold uncials on purple :
Expl. capitula euangelii sec. Lucam.
£ 98. Full-page of splendid decoratioa Outer frame vermilion. Then two bands of gold and a band
of white between them, with gold plaited-work. Within this, several bands of wavy lines — white, gold, purple.
In the centres of the sides of the frame are set four squares, framed in green, containing rosettes (2) and cross-
shaped ornaments (a), mainly in red and purple. Ground of panel, purple. A large Q occupies most of it,
which is in gold, with panels of green and white. Below it, in gold uncials : -uoniam qiiidem.
Text of Luke ends 149', unfinished, in xxiv. 51 :
. . . et ferebatur in caelum.
149*. »50*- Blank.
Title to John : Incipit ar/gumentum/evangelii/sccundum/Iohannem/, exactly as for Mark and Luke, in
gold capitals, on alternate bands of purple and green 150''
Prol. : Hie est Johannes. Fine gold initial.
In gold uncials on purple : Expl. argumcntum.
Inc. capitula euangelii secundum loh. 151''
(i) Phariseorum leuitae . . . (xiiii) resurrectio eius et reliqua. Expl. capitula. 15a
153* Blank.
153*. Full-page. Frame in gold, and purple with gold plaited-work. Ground within, green with four
bands of purple (as for Mark), inscribed in gold capitals :
Incipit lib^r/sci evange/lii secundum /lohanncm.
At the angles are four small square pictures, with light purple ground, each representing a black-haired
beardless Evangelist, seated. Each has a sloping desk on a shaft, with a ledge to support the book.
Tof, L. Dark mantle over bluish white. Bending forward, he writes in a book on his knee : no book on
desk on R.
Top, R. Pink mantle over blubh white. Desk on L. He sits, holding a pen, supporting a book on his
/. knee, and looking to R.
Bottom, L. Pink mantle over bluish white. Leans forward to R., /. hand to his face, r. elbow on knee,
finger pointing to desk with book on R.
Bottom, R. Dark mantle over bluish white. Desk on L. with book. He sits, leaning his face on his
r. hand and looking towards the desk.
The classical feeling in these small pictures is very strong.
154». Full-page. Frame gold, blue acanthus pattern, gold, green. Inner ground purple, occupied by the
letters $ in gold, with panels of white plaited-work and gold foliage. Above and below, in gold uncials :
primipio erat uerbum.
Five small square pictures, with purple frames and gold grounds, set in the centres of the sides and centre
of the page, represent :
c. The Lamb, with cross-nimbus, facing R., his breast pierced by a spear.
Bottom. Half-length angel in pink over blue, and blue-white wings, looking up to R. and holding up scroll
over /. hand.
R. Pink lion, with blue wings, couchant, head to R. : a book between his fore-feet.
L. Winged ox, similar, head to L.
Top. Eagle, with blue wings and pink body, looking back to R. : a roll under his R. claw.
Text of John ends 193* : in gold uncials :
Finit euangelium sec loh.
In gold unciab on purple : 19^
Inc. breuiarium/Lectionum euangeli/orum Icgcndorum per/circirculum(j»if) anni.
Rubric. In uigilia natalis domini hora nona ad sanctam mariam.
There are 24 Sundays pdst octauam pentecostcs and 5 ante natale domini.
Common of Saints, 202 : ends 203 : In agenda mortuorum.
The last leaf is blank.
The condition of the book is admirable. It is probable that some figured frontispieces to the Gospels
have been cut out
A a 2
i8o WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
99 (Crawford HI). P. LOMBARDI SENTENTIAE.
Vellum, 317 X 210 mm., ff. 136, double columns of 36 lines. Cent, xii, late, in two very
good upright hands.
Modern binding.
From the Howell Wills Sale, Sotheby's, 1894. In the cover is a label marked
A. II. 30.
Collation. P IP (8 cane.) IIP-XV* (2 cane.) XVP XVIP".
Belonged to the Abbey of St. Martin at Tournai : see below.
Contents :
I. Inc. prologus sententiarum Petri episcopi (P. Lombardi) l
Cupientes aliquid . . . distinguntur premisimus. Expl. prol.
Inc. capitula (of Lib. I) 1*
Prima pars sententiarum mag'' Petri Longuobardi Trecensis episcopi a'
Liber primus de Trinitate.
Ueteris ac noue legis continentiam
On the lower margin of 47* is a careful drawing of a portion of a human face.
Lib. II, with capitula, 67'', ending f. 115*:
ut samaritanus ad uulneratum. medicus ad infirmum. gratia ad miserum accedat.
a. Change of hand. Lines are ruled on either side of the columns.
Inc. prefacio in libro cui nomen Elucidarius intitulatur (by ' Honorius of Autun ' : often attributed to
Anselm) 115"
Sepius rogatus a condiscipulis quasdam questiunculas enodare . . . magistrorum sellers subtilitas.
Prima interrogatio discipuli ad magistrum.
Gloriose magister rogo ut ad inquisita mihi ne pigriteris respondere ad honorem dei et utilitatem
ecclesie
Lib. II, laa*.
Lib. Ill, Ia9^
Ends 136'': ita illi maximo dedecore sunt dediti. Deo gratias. Amen.
Expl. elucidarius.
In red, in the same hand :
Liber Sancti martini in tornaco. Seruanti benedictio auferenti maledictio amen fiat fiat amen.
100 (Crawford 112). AUGUSTINIAN NUNS' OFFICES.
Vellum, 220 X 156 mm., ff. 6 + 86, 23 lines to a page. Cent, xv, not early, in a clear
Gothic hand. Written in Germany.
Initials are plain, in red and blue. The music is on a four-line stave.
From the Howell Wills Sale, Sotheby's 1894. Inside the cover is a label, with a library
mark within a circle A. IV. 87.
Collation, a" (i lines cover). 1' 2' ( + 2 after a) 3'-io^ 11* (4 lines cover).
Binding. The first cover has a massive plate of gilt metal, with four crystals at the corners and a very
coarse design in relief of Christ, throned, on the rainbow, with book, blessing : the globe below His feet ; on
L. and R. the letters A and M (!). His nimbus has a cross of fleurs-de-lys. The Evangelistic emblems are at
the angles, and at the bottom, in c, is the Paschal Lamb.
The work does not look to me older than cent, xv, and is very ugly.
The other cover and the back are covered with purple velvet.
AUGUSTINIAN NUNS' OFFICES i8i
Content f :
The Psalms : Domine quis habitabit, Domini est terra, Miserere . . . secundum. One blank leaf precedes,
and two follow. f. iii
Rubric. De inuesticione sororum ordinis b. Augustini I
Postquam puella uel persona ilia que ad habitum rcligionis assumenda est
The short Litany, f. a*, has : MM. Steph., Laur., Vine, Ignati, Dyonisi C. S., Mauriti C. S.
CC. Augustine, Martine, Gregori, Nycholae, Benedicte, Bemarde.
Vy. Maria Magd., Agatha, Cecilia, Lucia, Ursula c. s.
Inc. officium professionis 7
Cum tempus quo nouicia bcnedici debeat
lo*" is blank, without apparent reason.
14*. Blank.
De communicacione sororis iniirme 15
De extrema unctione ^ 15*
De sorore moriente.
On 34'' is added, by another hand, the Absolutio Jubilei Julii sccundi.
The Litany (35'') has : MM. Lambcrte, Dyonisi, Mauriti.
CC. Remigi, Willibrorde, Benedicte, Anthoni.
yy. Anastasia, Katherina, Barbara, Eiyzabcth.
Commendacio defunctorum 30^
De sepultura sororis 45
Rubric. Hec autem beneficia predicta unicuique fratri exhibenda sunt in monasterto ubi obierit etc. 55
57*. Blank.
In purificacione b. marie semper virginis benedictio candelarum 58
In die palmarum (Blessing of palms) 6a*
In parascheue (Adoration of the Cross) 71*
In uigilia pascbe (Benedictio ccrei) 74
The Liuny, f. 81*, aecms identical with the last mentioned, but omits St. Elizabeth.
In die sancti pasche : ad processionem 83
In die S. Marci: a later addition 84
Plainly the book was for the use of a community of Augustinian nuns ; and the mention of .St. Willibrord
in two of the three short Litanies leads one to place the home of it somewhere in the district about Echternach
or Eptcmach ; that is, in Luxemburg.
101 (Crawford 113). HORAE. ETC., UTRECHT.
Vellum. 107 X 73 mm., ff. 3 + 99 + 8 + 3, 21 lines to a page. Cent, xv, well written.
Purchased at the Howell Wills Sale, Sotheby's, 1894.
CoUtUicn. 1" (10 cane.) %*-<)* (wants 8) io» (wants 5-8) | ii» (paper)] 13 (one) I2*« (wants i) 13* (wants
6, 7) 14" 15*1 16* (wants 1).
Old stamped leather over wooden boards : handsome silver clasp.
Contents:
On the first three leaves are prayers and texts in a hand of cent, xvii, and the name Egbert Rarinck.
Kalendar in Latin in red and black i
Two unnumbered leaves, with prayers as before J a". »***
Hours of the Cross t 13
Hours of the Virgin ) 13*
Rosarium b. Marie v. 38^
i8a WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Oratio (Bemardi). O bone iesu 41''
„ ,, Stabat mater 43
Octo uersus (Bemardi) lUumina oculos 44''
Office of the dead 45
Seven Psalms and Litany - 61
Seven prayers. O d. I. C. adoro te in cruce pendentem 7°**
Erased rubric follows.
Oratio Augustini on quire of paper inserted 71*, &c.
O diilcissime d. I. C. verus deus
Followed by texts.
Hymn to St. Anne. Anna pia mater aue. Cuius nomen est suaue. Anna sonat graciam 72
Verso erased, rewritten with texts (xvii), leaves then cut out and recto of 73 similarly rewritten. 73* was
blank.
Sequitur preparacio ad sacram comniunionem 74
Prayer before, during, and after mass.
Oracio b. Gregorii pape — part of rubric erased 80
In mea sint memoria
Followed by erased rubric.
O sacratissimrt (altered to e) et gloriosissim^ {-e) . . . O piissim« {-e), fill added, genitrix (-cis), etc. 83
Erasures and rewritings are in the text.
A prayer, originally beginning with T, erased and rewritten.
Tu qui cuncta potes 84''
Continued on 84* and 85.
Passio sec. Johannem ' 86
91*. Blank.
• Mass of the Virgin 9a
Confessio generalis 97
Versus qualis debeat esse confessio.
Dum tua peccata dicis confessio quod sit
Ten Commandments, Senses, Sins, Works of Mercy, Sacraments, Sins against the Holy Spirit, Peccata
aliena. 97''
Casus papales, episcopales 98''
Late Prayers, 99'' and three following leaves.
In the Kalendar :
Jan. 14. Ponciani M., in red.
30. Aldegundis.
Feb. 7. Vedasti et Amandi. 8. Augulii Ep. M. 19. Gabini V. M. 20. Eucharii. 27. Leandri.
Mar. I. Swidberti Ep. 16. Hereberti Ep. 17. Gertrudis. 26. Ludgeri Ep. 27. Guntramni Regis.
Ap. 5. Claudiani M. 27. Antini Ep. m.
May 4. Godehardi Ep. 8. Wironis Ep. 9. Gengulfi m.
y?<«^ 3. Pergentini et Laurentini. 5. Bonifacii Ep. m., r^^. 12. Odulphi c, r^a^. 25. Lebuini C, y^(/.
July %. Visitatio, r^^. 7. Willibaldi. 8. Kyliani et soc. 18. Frederici Ep. M.
Aug. 25. Gregorii ep. traiectens.
Sept. 3. Remacli. 17. Lamberti, red. 18. Columbani. 22. Mauricii, red. 28. Wenceslai.
Oct. z. Duorum ewaldorum. 8. Regenfledis V. 10. Gereonis et Victoris, ;W. 17. Florencii Ep.
Nov. 7. Willibrordi Ep., red. 12. Lebuini C, red. 16. Othmari. 29. Radbodi.
Dec. 12. Walerici. 17. Trans. S. Ignacii. 18. Winibaldi. 22. Didimi M. 23. Victorie V. 30. Dauid
regis.
In the Litany a leaf of invocations is gone. There remain :
Confessors. Radbode, Seruati, Odulphe. Virgins. Gertrudis, Ursula.
I have no doubt of the Utrecht character of the Kalendar.
HORAE, ETC., UTRECHT 183
The decoration consists of (a) good small initials in the Dutch style, e.g. f. 13, (*) full solid borders and
initials in a rather coarse late style, with dead gold, viz. :
13''. Virgin and Child in the initial.
31*. Bearded face sketched in gold on pink ground.
3«*. 43. 45 (birds).
61. David in prayer.
70^ Dove.
72, 74, 80. 83. 86.
9a has handsome initial and border without frame, ground dotted.
102 (Crawford 114). S. BERNARDINUS.
Vellum and paf)cr, 258 x 189 mm , ff. i + 100 + 1, double columns of 55, 43, &c., lines.
Cent. XV (1448), in several clear Italian hands, none very good.
Vellum cover, limp.
Collation. 1 paper fly-leaf. 1" (i, 4-7, 10 vellum : the rest paper) a" (i, 4. 5. 1° vellum) 3^-9" (on
quire 2) lo** (wants 10-15: i, 8, 9, 16 vellum) 1 fly-leaf.
In the cover: shelf-label Aa/II/6a.
Also : Howel Wills. E Coll. Ball. (Sale at Sotheby's, 1894.)
On the fly-leaf, in red ink : ^iXofitfiXov Kttft^Xiov.
At top of f. I, in red, (?) Sfrmo 33.
I. Inc. tractatus restitucionum editus a famosissimo et preclarissimo uerbi dei satorwm fratre S. Bernardino
de Senis ordinis et rcligionis minorum obseruantissimo profcssore i
Sequcbatur cum multitudo. Math. (Jo.) 6. Inter cetera que ad Christianam rcligionem necessaria di-
noscuntur — omnium bonorum premium donat bencdictus d. I. C. qui cum p. et sp. s. viuit et r^nat in sec.
sec. amen.
E(x)pltdt tract, restit. editus a fr. B. de Senis nunc in celis feliciter regnante completus 14 die mensis
deccmbris Gayete a. d. m" cccc" xlviii.
It consists of sermons numbered 33 to 39.
3. Change of hand.
Inc. tractatus de contractibus et usuris secundum S. Bcrnardinum de Senis ordinis minorum et primo
ponitur ordo dicendorum in materia dictorum (?) contractuum et usurarum sermo primus (32"" added) 31
Vadc et amplius noli peccarc. Jo. 8. c. et in euangclio ho. A caritate quidem labitur mundus
The numbering of the sermons which compose this collection runs from 33 to 45. The last (on Si michi
non vultis credere) ends f. 99' : ,
nos eripiat inmensa pietas saluatoris qui cum p. et sp. s. gloriosus et thriumphator m . . oxum regnat
in sec. sec. Amen.
Expl. tractatus de contractibus usurariis sec. fr. B. de Senis ordinis minorum.
A rather later note :
in isto libro sunt ai sermones 7 de restit. et 14 de contractibus.
On ioo» are some notes on the matter of the book, and on loo'' this interesting statement, in a very
difficult hand :
die lune (?) (blank) mens. Oct. viij Ind. Inchoaui scribcrc prcsentem librum qui est fratris franc, [degaete
added] ordinis minorum /per manus presbiteri nich papp . . bord (two words illegible) quicquid fr. franciscus et
presbiter vi\c\u>la\a promiserunt mihi pro salario et scriptura cr. ij/pro quolibet quintemo \iab\x\ autem quando
Inchoassem cr (?) x (blank) de carllis. Et ego masius promisi dare singulis/dominicis dicbus quinternos duos
expletos [added : et est conuentus gaete sancti francisci ; also : isti contracti sunt sancti francisci gaete].
i84 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
103 (Crawford 115). CAPITULA AND COLLECTS, ETC., COLOGNE.
Vellum, 280 X 200, ff. I + 4 + 57 + 1, double columns of 29 lines. Cent, xv, in a tall, very
slightly sloping, black script. The leaves lining the covers are in a smaller hand of
cent. XV.
From Cologne.
Collation, i leaf lining cover : a (two) ^^ : i' a" 3* 4* (wants 3, 4) 5'-8' (+ i) : i leaf lining cover.
Binding : wooden boards, covered with velvet. On the front cover is a metal plate set with stones and
enamels, and thus disposed :
The border has at the angles four large oval crystals. At top and bottom these are separated by strips
of enamel bearing decorative designs. In the centre of each side is a similar strip. The remaining spaces
in the sides are occupied by four panels of filagree work, set with stones, each panel containing seven :
four in a row at the ends next to the enamelled strips, a central one, and two others at the angles nearest to
the large crystals.
Three of these stones are engraved : one with a hand in relief (top L.) : another (top R.) with a seated
figure, face L., holding a lyre (intaglio) : the third (bottom R.) an intaglio of a bird, seated on a cushioned stool,
with crossed legs, a staff diagonally set behind the bird.
The central plate of gilt metal bears in relief figures of our Lord, bearded, with book, blessing, with
cross nimbus : the Virgin on L., and John Baptist (fully robed, his upper garment hairy) on R.
Discs, with the Evangelistic emblems, are at the angles.
The leaves lining the covers are from a Pie or Directory of Services.
That in the first cover has on the exposed side directions for the festivals of SS. John Baptist, John and
Paul, Peter and Paul, Visitation of B.V.M., and Agilolph.
That at the end relates to SS. Scholastica, Vitalis, and Valentine, Chair of Peter and Matthias, and to
Heribert, Gertrude, Benedict, and Lady Day, when it falls after Palm Sunday.
The main volume contains :
Directions for grades of feasts. Duplex, novem lectionum, Semi duplex, Officiatum, trium lectionum.
And then for the Seasons. These occupy ff. i, ii : on ii* is definite mention of the diocese of Cologne.^
On iii% in a smaller hand, directions for Collect, Secret, and Completorium for the following :
Pro quiescentibus in cimiterio.
Pro animabus nobis commendatis.
Pro subito mortuis.
Pro congregatione.
Pro illo qui locum orationis sc. ecclesiam, etc., constituit.
Collecta generalis.
On iii'', iv', in a late hand (xvi, early ?), with music on four-line stave, is the following :
Gaude foelix Agrippina sanctaque Colonia
Sanctitatis tue bina gerens testimonia
Postquam fidem suscepisti ciuitas prenobilis
Recidiua non fuisti sed in fide stabilis
Gereonis cum bis nonis trecentena concio
Et maurorum trecentorum sexaginta passio
Te tinxerunt et sanxerunt virginumque milium
Vndenorum et decorum exornat martyrium.
Seuerinus Cunibertus Euergistus (-lus) incliti
Agilolphus Heribertus patres urbis prediti
Felix (a word erased) Adauctus Albinus maurenus eliphius
Hippolitus et Paulinus ewaldi gregorius.
' And of the following feasts : Obitus trium regum, Anthony, Vedast and Amand, clauorum corone et lancee domini.
CAPITULA AND COLLECTS, ETC., COLOGNE 185
Felix Nabor hij cum tribus magis urbs sanctissima
Assunt machabei quibus poUes famosissima
Ut vobiscum supplicamus patroni propitii
Gloriose resui^mus in die ludicii. Amen.
iv*" is blank.
Capitula, Versiculi. and Collects for the year (no title) i
Erit in nouissimis diebus
Initials are normally in red and blue alternately. Great feasts have decorative initials, with pen-work in
purple ink.
De lancea domini, 13. G)rpus Christi, 15.
Sequuntur capitula versiculi ct collecte dominicarum post octauas pentecostes, 16. After Dom. xxv:
Ferial Office.
Sabbato quando noctumus seruandus est in dominipa 19''
Preces ad matutinas et vespcras, ao"*, etc.
The Sanctoral b^ins at f. 25. It contains Eligius, Anno, Pontianus, Anthony, Aldegundis, Switbert,
Heribert, Ghertrudis, Lutgher.
De Sanctis post pascha et primo de S. Georgio Capit. vers, et Collecte 3c
Walburga, Cassius & Florentius, Seruatius, Herasmus, Bonifacius et soc, Medard, Mauricius, Vitus &
Modestus, Aureus & Justina, Albanus, Albinus et decern millia, Udalric, Willibald, Agilolph, Kilian et soc,
Alexius, Amulph, Transl. trium regum, Hermolaus (Anne added in lower margin), Oswald, Dominic, Afra,
Helena, Bernard, Malachy, Herencus et Habundus, Paulinus (Ep. M.), Adrian, Matemus, Lambert, Wenze-
laus, Duorum eualdorum, Francis, Gereon et soc., Cali.xtus & Burchardus, SS. Maurorum, Eliphius, Gallus,
Martha, Undecim millium W., Cordula, Severinus, Euergislus, Hupertus, Willibrord, Kunibert, Othmar,
Elizabeth, Presentacio b. v. m. ad omnes homines, Columban, Thebeorum martirum ; ending with Linus. A
collect for Satur(n)inus, Crisantus. Maurus, and Dana is .idded.
Inc capit. vers, et Coll. de communi sanctorum 50
Sequuntur Vers, et Coll. de communibus suflfragiis 52
In summis et duplicibus fcstis. •
Beginning with the Cross, St Peter, the three kings, Felix, Nabor, Gregorius.
Ends with SS. Peter. Laurence, Tempore paschali super Regina celi, Dedicatio ecclesic.
Another hand, not much later, adds the Invitatory in dedicatione eccl., with music on four-line stave 55''
On 57** a late hand (xvi) adds suffrages. De sancta criue and de domitia also noted.
104 (Crawford 116). SMARAGDUS.
Vellum, 252 X 190 mm., ff. i + 186+ 1, 27 lines to a page. Cent, x (945), in a Visigothic
minuscule, on lines ruled with dry point. Green and red ink are extensively used.
Binding, skin over boards, with faint traces of a stamped pattern : two fly-leaves from
a huge choir-book (xv or xvi) with music on four-line stave.
Collation. I fly-leaf: i* (wants 4, 5) i*~6* ;• 8"-23' 24* (6 a fragment) : i fly-leaf.
Apparently written at the Abbey of Silos by a scribe John : see below.
Formerly in the Libri collection: sold in June, 1864 (lot 114), and again in 1895 (lot 63) at Sotheby's
when it was purchased by Lord Crawford.
CoHttnts : Smaragdus's Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict (P. L. cii. 689).
Smaragdus was Abbot of St. Mihiel, in the diocese of Verdun, and died early in cent ix (cir. 820).
The text of the Rule is written in red or green.
The Commentary begins imperfectly :
, . . concedat. CurriU dum lumen (uitae) habetis. (Prologue of the Rule, p. 2, ed. Walfflin, Teubner.)
After f. 3 two leaves are gone.
B b
i86 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The Exposition of the Prologue ends f. ij*" : Si autem eredes. sine dubio. et consortes erimus. amen deo
gratias.
Then, in red capitals (with green initial), monogrammatised :
Incipiunt capitula monacorum. de generibus | (minuscule) uel bictu monacorum 15''
72 capitula ending (in green capitals) : Expliciunt capitula. Incipit Regula.
Regtda appellattir ab oc ut obediendiim. dirigat mores (green). »
Regula appellatur ut beatus ait benedict?^ ab oc ut obedientium dirigat mores.
The Greek words: KOINOBISOOTAI {Koivo^ia>Tai) and K I NOB I A are in green capitals.
Lib. I ends 83'' : sicut fons uite promanet.
Then, in red capitals : Explicit expla(na)tio liber primus in beati Benedicti regula a B. Zmarado abbate
editus. Incipit eiusdem liber secundus in eadem regula. o^iae sunt instrumenta bonorum operum 38''
Sicut sunt fabrorum (on cap. 4 of the Rule).
The vellum of f. 48 was so bad that only the recto could be used : the verso is blank, but marked in an
old hand : nichil deets (!).
On f. 55* an angel, with cross-nimbus, forms the initial.
On f. 58** a bishop, with a pastoral staff and pointed head-dress : copied roughly above.
Lib. II ends f. 108'': quum exultatione et gaudio. Amen, deo gratias.
Then, in red and green capitals, the red much faded :
Explicit liber secundus. Incipit (eiusdem or explanationis, v. s. q.) liber tertius in beati Benedicti regula.
De officiis diuinis in noctibus (cap. 8 of Rule), 109.
On 161'' the initial is a peacock.
The inner margins of the leaves in quire 24 are somewhat stained.
The text ends imperfectly on 185''; the last passage of the text quoted is from cap. 68 of the Rule:
uel contradicendo.
The last words of the page are : hinc basilius ait. omne quod tibi in ... .
The last leaf is a small fragment : it was not the last of the volume.
On the lower margin of f. 2 (reversed) is a late inscription (xvii ?) :
• Esta Exposicion de la Reula es do Conda imp . . ssa con del Cardinal Torquemada.
The decoration of the book is not very important, and is practically confined to the initials of chapters.
These are in many cases drawn in outline, and the space between the lines filled in with colour, red, green, or
yellow;. Gold does not occur. Occasionally bird-forms are to be found. Such sketches as occur have been
noticed already.
As in the case of nos. 93 and 99, so here, I believe that we can fix with precision the date of this
manuscript by means of the Antiguedades de la Espana of Fr. de Berganza (Madrid, 1719) : in vol. i, p. 215, he
says : Juan Monge de Silos, Presbytero y notario, escrivi6 en dicho ario el Commentario que Esmaragdo hizo
sobre la Regla de San Benito, y al fin del Libro dixo : Conscriptus est liber iste a Notario loannes Presbyter
discurrente Era DCCCC. LXXX. III. obtinente glorioso Principe Ranemiro Oveto sive Legione sublimis apicem
Regni : Consulque eius Fredinando Gundisalviz egregius Comite in Castella Comitatuum.
The identification of this with Berganza's book is not certain, but I venture to think it probable. Two
others (93 and 99), which are certainly described by him, have followed the same track as this one, viz. through
the hands of Libri. Further, some MSS. from Silos did make their way out of Spain before the principal
sale in 1878. A Smaragdus occurs in the thirteenth cent., list of the Silos library (Delisle, Melanges, p. 106,
no. 53, Tres Hbros de Zmaragdos) : and no Silos MS. of Smaragdus is known elsewhere. Berganza does not
assert that he possessed the Silos Smaragdus of which he speaks, but I incline to think that he did. He does
not refer elsewhere, so far as I can see, to the treasures of the Silos library, as he might well have done had
he been acquainted with them : indeed, it seems that, with few exceptions, his manuscript materials were
derived from the archives and library of S. Pedro de Cardefia. This Silos book, I think, came into his hands
by accident.
The date, Era 983, corresponds to A. D. 945 of our reckoning.
Plate 162 of the New Palaeographical Society reproduces f. 152'' of the MS. The following paragraphs
are quoted from the description there given :
I'he writing is a pre-Caroline minuscule, of the Visigothic species, sloping slightly backwards, a is open.
SMARAGDUS 187
The uprights of b,d,h,ijl are clubbed, d is sometimes upright, sometimes slopes sharply back. The upper half
of e generally rises above the line, but is not exaggerated. / has a short head and long tail, g is formed of a
semi-circle open to the right, with a perpendicular tail, i is of two forms, tall and short, the former occurring
in the middles as well as at the beginnings of words (e.g. maiori in 1. ii). r is generally much compressed
(e.g. raro in 1. 17), but sometimes is of a broader and more normal form (e.g. responsarium in 1. 9, which shows
both forms), s has a short head, and docs not descend below the line. The cross-stroke of / begins with
a semi-circular cur\'e on the left-hand side, as in the Lombardic type of hand.
The mark of abbreviation • is used to represent both ue and us; e.g. un'quisq' = unusquisque, omnib' =
omnibus, q' = que or quae, i'sus = iussus. Final m is indicated by a horizontal stroke surmounted by a dot
which is also used over dns = dominus. The characteristically Spanish abbreviation of aum = autem is
regularly used. Other abbreviations are q = qui, frr = fratres, alio 2/ = aliorum.
The symbol for per is written in a form resembling that usually employed for pro ; pro itself is written at
full length.
Corrections are made in a thin hand (see 11. 13, r'j, 17, 21, a5) ; in the last instance the scribe has left
a space blank in the line, and there is not room to insert the whole of the word required.'
The book is noticed by E. A. Loew, Studia Palaeographica (see on 93), p. 6a, no. 39, but is there assigned
to ' saec. ix. ex. ut uidetur'.
106 (Crawford 120). MICHAEL SCOT.
Vellum, 193 X 132 mm., ff. 24, 15-18 lines to a page. Cent, xvi, very carefully written.
Binding, stamped leather (xvi ?) over boards : metal bosses.
Two paper labels on the back, 167 and 29.
Collation, a* i*-io* 3* : paged i-xxxx from the end.
Formerly belonged to Libri : no. 920 in his sale catalogue of 1 859. Purchased by Lord Londesborough.
On the first and last pages the printed monogram VF.
Pages i-.\vi are occupied by a text written in green, red, and black, in a sham Arabic character, with
diagrams in red.
On p. xvii is this title, in red, in a careful Gothic hand :
Intcrprctatio et Instructio pro Discipulis seu amatoribus Artis Magicae pro iis scilicet ad quorum manus
post obitum mcum libcllus istc fortuito aliquando pcrventurus est.
Parvi licet compcndii libellus iste sit, magni tamen esse momenti eundem experieris : nam sdas velim
curiose lector ! opus hoc in arabica lingua conscriptum esse, cuius ego quidem per multos annos possessor, vir
tutus, tamen ejusdem ob linguae inscitiam semper ignanis pcrmanseram, donee tondem (!) auxilio judeorum
cujufldam rabbi, extraneam hanc linguam quam optime callentis, perfecta ab eodem interpretatione ad genuinum
verborum sensum rerumque contentarum notitiam pcrvenissem : quae vero cxinde expertus nee non adeptus
sum, ct tu experiri adipiscique poteris, si vir magnanimus, constans atque intrepidus sis, moreve praescripto
processeris : ast cum spiritibus et nequissimis, et astutissimis et humano generi infcnsissimis tibi agendum est ;
quarc cum praevia sane mentis dcliberatione cum cautela et providentia maxima procedas necesse est. quod
si vero rem rite tractavcris et grandia et mirabilia (xix) pcrpetrare et efficere poteris. reliqua opus ipsum (quod
fideli-ssime interpretatum habes) te satis docebit. unum hoc uitimatim te observarc moncmus, nee non etiam
atque etiam hortamur, ut librum istum quam optime custodias, ne forte in manus curiosae juvcntutis vel
ignorantium hominum incidat ; siquidem per ejus lecturam, nisi more praescripto fiat, funcstissimae tragocdie
et luctus orirentur. quarc ipse author in prima pagina singularitcr admonet ut in silcntio legatur. nemo igitur
quisctunque sit, absque circulo clara et alta voce insertas citationcs spirituum Icgere praesumat, nisi in miser-(xx)
rimum sui detrimentum et interitum preceps mere atque certa sed sera nimis paenitentia curiositatem suam
lucre velit ; quapropter quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem. vale.
In red : Michael Scotus prage in bohemia pridie Idibus februarii MCCLXI.
p. xxi : In red, green, and black.
Sequiiur / intcrprctatio / totius o/peris /. Aspice Inspice/pervolvc/alta/sed voce/ legere / Cave 1
B b 3
i88 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
p. xxii :
Almuchabola Absegalim al kakilb albaon. id est.
Compendium magiae innaturalis nigrae.
Continens citationes at vincula diversorum Spirituum.
The text is written in yellow, green, red, and black.
It begins with directions for forming the circle :
Primum et maxime necessarium in experimentis magicis requisitum est compositio circuli.
More directions as to the wand, mitre, habit, sigil, number of operators, place, time, necessity for coolness
and courage.
The citations begin on p. xxix. They are for spirits named :
Almuchabzar, Achundab, Baltuzaratz, Aghizikke, Suhub, Rabuliph, Almischack, Salhabari.
Ends p. xl with the formula : Quando magister cum sociis egreditur ex circulo dicat sequentia [vide
pag. xvi].
(There are references throughout to the diagrams and formulae in the Arabic portion.)
Begariston alengip harim santalsa/stai beakim tingilcas mecar/Icayrup,permagastus/agantonbandan-/
kii Sragaim/zemtasta-/ras ar/gint.
Finis 5.
The book was doubtless written in Germany.
See Wood Browne, Life mid Legend of Michael Scot, 1897, pp. 190-a, and App. IV, 270-4, where a quite
similar manuscript is described, and part at least of the text of it printed. The words differ somewhat, and
the date, instead of ia6i, is given as 1255, but the work is essentially the same. Wood Browne suggests that
it may be a degenerate copy (in respect at least of the diagrams) of the Liber Abbaci (a mathematical work)
' made by some scribe who did not understand the matter he had in hand, and who darkened the ground of
his designs to heighten the fancied terrors of the subject'.
106 (Crawford 122). ABP. HERMANN OF COLOGNE.
Paper, 294 x 190 mm. (and smaller), ff. 16. Cent, xvi and xix.
Modern binding.
Letters of Hermann, Archbishop of Cologne, interleaved with some modern transcripts.
I. Poppelsdorf 29 Sept. 1539, in Latin :
Hermannus, etc. Nemo dubitat Hterarum sacrarum vel modice peritus
To the Clergy of the diocese : calls attention to the evils of the time. Turkish invasion, wars, famine,
plague: enjoins penitence.
Followed by an injunction to the parish clergy to use greater cleanliness in the care of their chalices,
patens, corporals, fonts, &c. Headed : Officialis curie Coloniensis.
3. In domo nostra noua Coloniensi. 26 Sept. 1537. To the Clergy, in Latin,
Hermannus, etc. Quum superiori sinodo
Explains the delay in the issue of the acts of the synod and the Enchiridion Christianae Institutionis by
Peter Ouentell the printer.
3. Jan. 1544. In German. Slightly imperfect at the ends of the lines.
From the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral at Cologne, and the Abbots, and Rector of the University, to
the Emperor, in answer to a letter received from him.
4. Poppelsdorf 27 July 1543. In German.
From Abp. Hermann to the Burgomaster and Council of Cologne :
Dursichtige meine liebe getreuwem. Unserm vorigen erpieten nach gaben wir dass schryven so vnder
dem Namen dess Rectoirs vnd vniversiteten daselbst an euch gegen die hoichgelerte vnsere liebe besondere
Martinum Bucerum vnnd Philippum Melanchthonem ausgangen vnd vns folgent durch ewre Gesandten
vberantworth, etc.
BEDA SUPER ACTUS, ETC. 189
107 (Crawford 124). BEDA SUPER ACTUS, ETC.
Vellum, i4f x g~, ff. 215, double columns of 40 lines. Cent. xi.
Written in Italy. 2 fo. iohannis cuius.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 11825.
Collation. 2 fly-leaves | i*-3* 4* 5'-a6* aj" (wants lo blank) | 2 fly-leaves.
Contents:
I. Title in red capitals and minuscules.
Incipit liber super actuum apostolorum expositio Bede Scotti (xcii. 937) 1
Desiderantissimo ac uere beatissimo acca episcqpo beda . . . meae fragilitati compatere Domino in
christo.
Expl. prologus.
In die ascensionis domini 3
Primum quidem sermonem.
Ends f. 57"* : fidem seruaui. Amen.
Expl. super actuum apostolorum. Expositio bede scotti.
a. inc. epistola S. lacobi apostoli. Expositio beati bede presbiteri 57'*
lacobus dei ct domini . . . salutem. Dicit de hoc iacobo (xciii. 9).
Ends f. 77 : mercedem consequetur.
Expl. liber cxpositionis in ep. b. lacobi apostoli.
3. Inc. Epistola beati Petri Apostoli comentum beati Bede presbiteri 77
Petrus . . . bithinie. Aduene latine
Ends f. 95'' : scriberet aecclesiis. Amen.
Expl. ep. petri i».
4. Inc. epistola Petri u*. Tractatus eiusdem 95''
Symon petrus . . . fidem. Scriptum in sequentibus
Ends f. 107 : in atriis tuis super multa
Expl. de Ep. secunda Petri Apostoli.
5. Inc. expositio beati Bede presbiteri in Epbtola lude apostoli 107
Judas . . . uocatis. Quem iudas apostolus
Ends f. Ill: ct in omnia secula seculorum.
Expl. expositio in epistola lude apostoli.
6. Inc. expositio epistola^ B. Iohannis apostoli iii
Quod erat . . . oculis nostris. Hanc epistolam b. iohannes
Ends f. 131 : manet in eternum. Expl. de prima epistola.
7. Inc. tractatus de secunda epistola iohannis 131
Senior . .. . ueritate. Quidam putant hanc . , . augescat et caritatis.
Expl. de epistola secunda.
8. Inc Tractatus in ep. Iohannis tertia 132
Senior . . . caritate. Qui ucl qualis . . . monstret cxtraneos. E.xpl. expositio in epistola iohannis.
9. In nomine domini nostri ihesu christi. Inc. tractatus beati Bede presbiteri super apocalipsin Liber i
(xciii. 129) 134''
Apocalipsis . . . semis suis. Fundata per apostolos.
Ends f. 168" : aspersit. amen. amen, deo gratias. Finit liber iste.
10. (Augustinus super primam Epistolam Johannis.) Inc. Tractatus primus Augustini de die lucis quod
est feria i* sancti pasce de Epistola beati Iohannis apostoli ct euangcliste ad parthos, ab eo quod dicit Quod
ent ab initio usque ad id quod ait Quoniam tenebre excccauerunt oculos eius idH**
Meminit sanctitas uestra (xxxv. 1977).
I90 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The loth and last Tractatus ends on f. 215 (213)'' :
. . . remissio peccatorum per omnes gentes.
Finit liber iste (in red capitals).
Throughout the volume those portions of text which were used as lessons are marked with the names
of the feasts, in the original hand.
The decorative initials are interesting. They are in the main of white branch -work upon coloured
grounds.- The chief colours are red, yellow, green, purple, and black. Animal and human forms are
introduced.
The most interesting of the initials are :
f. 2. Dragon, and goat (?).
7. Lion(?).
. 1 5''. Bust of Stephen, in margin.
21. Bust of Paul, in margin : yellow nimbus, scarlet ground.
29. Peter, seated.
33. A bird.
61. Large bust of St. James (?).
75^. Monster.
76". Good interlaced work.
95^. Wolf (?) biting his own leg.
107. St. Judo, with pastoral staff and broad pallium (?), seated, blessing : in margm.
III. Bust of St. John, with book.
131. Birds and snakes.
153''. St. Michael, red-winged, with spear and cross, standing on serpent : in margin.
174''. Interesting decorative work.
187^. Nude human figure.
In the latter part of the volume blue is employed in the initials.
108 (Crawford 125). PSALTERIUM.
Vellum, 348 X 233 mm., ff. 187, 18 lines to a page. Cent, xi, late, or xii, early, in a v^ry
fine, large, black, somewhat sloping German minuscule. The t quite flat at top.
Binding, stamped pigskin over wooden boards ; two clasps of leather with metal ends :
flat back, with three bands. One stamp, which occurs only on the 2nd cover, is a small
scroll inscribed maria.
The stamps appear to me to be of cent. xv.
Modern label : Psalmorum codex MS. in membrana saec. ix vel x. .
In the centre of the ist cover a small round label of cent, xix, stamped with a crest in gold : a demi-lion
rampant, and motto : Nobilis ira.
It contains the book-plates of the Duke of Sussex and of the Tempsford Hall Library, and was purchased
at the ' Stuart ' sale at Christie's, in March, 1895.
There is a Latin note on the contents in the hands of cent, xviii-xix. The latter part, signed Bn, is
probably by a Professor Badmann, of Mainz.
A note written in ink says: Bought at Lilly's, Aug. i8th, 1846, for D to (?) J.
There is a letter of 31 Aug., 1846, from Joseph Lilly, of 19 King St., Covent Garden, to William Stuart,
Esq., of which a part may be quoted :
' Herewith I send you the Codex Psalmorum MS. on vellum. ... I gave ;^48 for the Psalter. It strikes me
that from this identical MS. was printed the celebrated Codex Psalmorum which Fust printed at Mayence
(where this MS. was obtained, before the Duke of Sussex purchased it) ', &c.
PSALTERIUM
191
Mr. Lilly has written a similar conjecture on a loose paper fly-leaf.
On f. 1' is an erasure of not very old writing : the word Moguntjum (?) is legible.
In Pettigrcw's Bibliotheca Sttssexiana, iii, no. 25, the book is described and is said to have been procured
•from Mayence in Germany '. Facsimiles arc given : see below.
Collation, i (one) »• (wants i, 6) 3'-a5* (wants 7, 8).
Contents.
f. i». Blank.
On i*" a full-page picture.
Kalcndar (wanting Jan., Feb., Nov., Dec.) in red and black
Psalter in the version called Gallicanutn
Ending with Pusillus eram (Ps. 151).
Cantica
Nunc dimittis, followed by Pater noster, Credo, Te^deum, Quicunque uult.
Litany, ending imperfectly
KaUndar. Each month has a distich at top in red and black.
Mar. Procedunt duplices in martia tempora pisccs.
Martis prima nccat. cuius sic cuspide quarta est.
The following entries are to be noted :
2
6
170
184
Mar. 4. Lucii pape.
12. Grcgorii pape, red capitals.
17. Patricii Ep. Gcrdrudis V.
20. Gumpcrti Ep.
27. RAtpcrti Ep.
Ap. 9. Marie egiptiace. Septem uirginum.
23. Georgii m. (capitals) et Adalperti M.
May 2. Sigismundi regis et m. Anastasii Ep.
Wibradc V.
4. Floriani M.
5. Asccnsio domini.
7. luuenalis C.
8. Victoris M.
13. Gangolfl M.
19. Potentiane V.
26. Augustini anglorum ep.
29. Maximini ep.
Jmu 1. . . . Symconis mon.
,5. Bonifacii archiep. cum aliis xii.
8. Mcdardi ep.
15. Viti, Modesti, et Crescentie V., red.
21. Albani M.
30. Festiuitas (caps.) S. Pauli.
July 4. 6dalrici ep. et Transl. S. Martini, red.
6. Goaris C.
7. Willibaldi Ep.
8. Chiliani et sociorum eius.
II. Transl. S. Benedict! {partly caps: red).
July 31. Tcrtullini M.
Aug. 5. Osuualdi reg. et m.
7. Afre M. Donati ep.
11. Kadagundc V.
12. Eupli M.
14. Eusebii prcsb. (caps.).
16. Amolfi C.
28. Pelagii M. Hermetis M., red. Augustini
ICp., black.
Sept. I. Vercne V.
2. Fidii C.
3, Anton ini M.
6. Magni C.
8. Nativ. S. M., red. Adriani M. Cor-
biniani Ep.
1 1. Proti, lacincti, Felicis et Regule.
17. Lantperti ep. et m. Eggibcrtus m(onachus)
o(biit).
22. Mauricii et soc. eius. Emmcrammi M.
28. Vcnezlai M.
Oct. I. Remigii Germani Vedasti cpp.
2. Leodcgarii cp. m.
7. . . . Sulpicii et Seruiliani.
9. Dionisii et soc, red.
10. Gereonis ct soc.
16. Gain Abb., red caps.
26. Amandi C.
31. Quintini M. Wolfgangi ep.
In the Litany. Martyrs (all) : Stephane, Clemens, Alexander, Sixte, Comeli, Cipriane, Blasi, Emme-
ramme, Lantperte, Laurenti, Vincenti, Dionisi cum soc., Bonifaci c. s., lanuari c. s., Kiliane c. s., Ciriace c. s..
Mauricii c. s., Gcreon c. s., Gcori, Scbastianc, Osualde.
Confessors (all) : Siluestcr, Grc^ori, Hilar!, Martine, Aureli, Ambrosi, Augustine, Basili, Nicolae, Remigfi,
192 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Maximine, Willibalde, Odalrice, Audomare, Benedicte, Antoni, leronime, Maure, Columbane, Galle, Magne,
Othmare, Maiole, Odilo, Alto.
Virgins end with : Afra, luliana, Scolastica, Walpurga, Margareta.
The Litany ends with : Deus cui proprium est misereri and Pro congregatione. Omnipotens sempit. deus
qui facis mirabilia magna solus pretende super famulos tuos ; the latter being i'mperfect.
Psalter :
Beatiis uir. Large decorative initial B. Eatus in red outline decorative capitals. Uir . . . impiorum in
red capitals.
Title : Iste psalmus ideo non habet titulum quia capiti nostro domino saluatori de quo absolute dicitur
nihil debuit preponi.
Each Psalm has a similar explanatory rubric following the title.
Ps. ii. Psalmus dauid : Propheta de conuentu infidelium contra Christum in pa.ssione loquitur, et dominus
Christus de omnipotenti regno et de inenarrabili generatione sua.
Ps. iii. Psalmus dauid cum fugeret <a facie) absalon filii sui. Christus ad patrem de persecutoribus suis
loquitur, instruiturque fidelis populus ne mortem formidet, quia auctor eius resurgendo spem ei uere resurre-
ctionis exhibuit.
Ps. cl is followed by a longer rubric :
Quinquagesimus psalmus est de penitentia. centesimus de misericordia et iudicio. centes. quinquages.
de dei laude in Sanctis eius. Sic enim ad eternam tendimus uitam . . . ubi dominum sine fine laudemus. Amen.
Ps. cli has this (the usual) marginal note in small script :
Hie psalmus propria scriptus est dauid et extra numerum cum pugnaret cum gloria (golia) et in hebreis
codicibus non habetur.
It is followed by a rubric on Selah :
Uerbum sela Ixx interpretes symmachus et theodotio diapsalma transtulerunt, etc ita diapsalma
uocum rupta continuatio.
The occurrence of the diapsalma is marked by DP in red capitals in the margin.
There is a series of marginal notes in small script, but in the original hand, giving various readings. The
first of these is on f. 6'' (Ps. i in consilio iustorum) :
Gall(icum) quod nos sequimur in consilio ponit.
(The Hebraicnm has congregatione and the Romanum, concilia.)
■f. 7*'. Ps. ii. Semite domino in timore :
Autentica psalteria habent . in . R(omanum) . cum.
f. 8*. Ps. iv. Irascimini et nolite peccare : ■
G(all.) non habet . et . R(om.) habet. Aut(entica) p(salteria) non habent . et.
On S*" is a note referring to Augustine. On (f one referring to Jerome's letter to Sunnia and Fretela. AH
these sources are those chiefly referred to in subsequent notes. On ai" is a reference to Cassiodorus. The
expression ' autentica psalteria ' is usually shortened to ' Aut. p. ' or ' A. p. ', later to ' A. 1. ' (autentici libri).
The Cantica have few marginal notes, and only short titles.
The decoration is as follows : .
f. I^ Full-page picture. Frame : two bands of silver (narrow), between which is a broader band of key
pattern i , | ' 1^^^ | ' ' 1 drawn in perspective so as to appear solid, and coloured light green,
light scarlet, and yellow. Engraved in red outline in Bibl. Sussex, iii, pi. 7.
Ground in three equal bands : upper, pink ; middle, blue-green ; lower, brighter red.
In C. Christ, beardless, with cross-nimbus (green on silver), bright brown long hair ; mantle, brown red,
with blue shading over pink : robe lined with green. He is seated, blessing, and holding a book on /. knee : in
a silver mandorla (inner ground green). His feet on two square silver foot-stools.
At the angles the Evangelistic symbols holding books, the angel half-length.
The picture is a stately one, but the drawing is not good. The colours bright and light : flesh
tints green.
Each Psalm, except those which begin divisions, has a decorative initial in outline, usually red. Each
verse has a plain red initiaL
PSALTERIUM 193
The followings psalms have large initials in colour and silver :
i. Beatus vir Bibl. Sussex, iii, pi. 8. 6*
li. Quid gloriaris (dragon-tail) /. c, pi. 9. 61''
ci. Domine exaudi (green ground, rose-coloured conventional flowers) 116
This three-fold division of the Psalter into three fifties, as opposed to the more usual eight-fold division, is
the earlier.
The Cantica are noticed by the Rev. J. Mearns (Canticles Eastern and Western, p. 64). He suggests
that the MS. may be from S. Gall.
109 (.Crawford 126). EPISTOLAE PAULI.
Vellum, 9^ x 69 in., if. 2 -j- 127, 23 lines to a j)age. Cent, xi, xii. Written at Christ Church,
Canterbury.
Modem vellum binding, with gold tooling.
Contains the book-plate of M. Johnson, of Spalding, 1735.
Collation, a* | A*-Q* (7 cane, 8 stuck to cover).
After a modem vellum fly-leaf:
a. Placitum apud Pincndam (Penendcn Heath) 6 W. i. 1072 (modern heading) :
Tempore magni regis Willelmi qui anglicum regnum armis conquisiuit et suis dicionibus subiugauit i
. . . et principibus huius regni qtcmo iure debeant exigere
See Freeman's Norman Conquest, iv. 364 sqq. The fullest of the old accounts of the transaction is in the
Rochester History, printed in Anglia Sacra, i. 334.
Sec also VV. Levison in Eng. Hist. Rev. xxvii, 191 a, p. 717, to whom this copy was not known : he speaks
of the Textus Roflcnsis and Vcap. A. xxii, and adds a fragment from a roll at Canterbury.
The above is in a small Canterbury script. 27 lines to a page.
b. In a larger Canterbury script, occupying 13 lines ii**
Confirmation of the rights of Christ Church, Canterbury, over their lands by Heniy I :
H. dei gratia rex anglorum episcopis, etc. ... in omnibus comitatibus in quibus archiepiscopus Rodulfus
et monachi cccicsie Christi cantuaric terras habcnt . . . Notum uobis facio me concessisse eis omncs terras quas
tempore regis Eadwardi cognati mei et tempore Willelmi patris mei habuerunt . and saca . and socne . on
strande and streame . on wudu . and felde . tolnes and teamcs . and grithbreces . and hamsocnc . and forestaelles .
and infangencs thiofes . and fla:mene feruithe . super suos homines . infra burgos et extra . in tantum et tam pleniter
sicut proprii ministri mei exquirere deberent.
In the Bibliotheca Topogr. Britannica, iii. 45 (Account of the Gentlemen's Club at Spalding) is a ' disserta-
tion ' by Maurice Johnson on this manuscript and the 'plea of Pinenden', read to the Society apparently in
1734. The charter of Henry I is printed in it
A slip is cut off" the bottom of f i , on which was evidently a press-mark. The position of this suggests
the probability that the book may have belonged to Rochester, where many books in the Christ Church hand
were to be found.
"rtie volume does not occur in the Canterbury catalogues, recognizably at least.
Contents :
Pauline Epistles, with marginal and interlinear glosses, in a beautiful minute hand. There are also many
pencil-notes, partly obliterated ; some of these mark the liturgical Epistles. The references of the glosses to
the text are marked by various Greek and other characters, similar to those which were employed as press-
marks in the eleventh and twelfth centuries at Christ Church.
Title in red capitals, small. Initial in red, without much ornament,
ad Rom., f. i. i Cor. (title in green), 24"".
aCor.,48\ Gal., 63". Eph., 71. Phil., 78*.
C c
194 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
I Thess., 83''. In margin : hie scribatur ep. ad colosenses. Green initial.
a Thess., 88. Col., 90". i Tim., 95". 2 Tim., IOI^
Tit., 105*. Philem., 108. Heb., 109.
Ending ia6''.
On the vellum leaf, which lines the cover at the end, is an old monogram :
There are also scribbles in a hand of cent, xvi :
Philippe & marie.
Salue Stella maris, etc.
Mem. J^e viii" before mayeday.
Robart go at mayeday xx'.
Tho bay hys iiij angells at Witson.
Tho ha xx".
A receipt in English,
and in the same hand, on 126'' :
philipe.
pa{r)dita sola dies si viuis mille per annos.
non restauratur pardita sola dies.
110 (Crawford 127). EVANGELIA (SVENHILDA).
Vellum, 223 X 155 mm., flF. 176, 28 lines to a page. Cent, xi, early, in a beautiful, small
upright minuscule. Lines ruled with the dry point : two double vertical lines on either
margin.
The book has suffered much from damp, and the vellum is discoloured and tender.
Collation, i* a* 3* 4^-8' 9" (3 cane.) 10' 11^ la (two : i, a only left) 13^-34* (wants 4, 5, 8).
Binding. The front cover is of wood, covered with metal, with a gilt vested figure of our Lord in relief,
crowned, holding a book, and blessing : the ground on which it is fixed is enamelled with a floriated elliptical
glory, and the Evangelistic emblems in the spandrels.
The second cover is of wood, covered with old red velvet.
The back is covered with the same red velvet.
Both covers are lined with bits of a fifteenth-century printed book, the Summa of S. Antoninus of Florence
(large fol., double columns).
The piece lining the first cover has the beginning of the second part of the Summa, and a handsome
initial, mainly in blue, on a burnished gold ground, within a frame of red and green.
Contents :
f. I* is ruled, but blank.
Incip2V Prefatio. S. Hier. in Evang. (red capitals) i*"
Beatissimo papae Damaso (red and black capitals) . . . memineris mei papa beatissime. Expl. pref.
Large initial B in gold and colour. .
Large initial B in gold and colour.
Item prefatio Eusebii 3
Eusebius Carpiano . . . dixisse repperies.
EVANGELIA (SVENHILDA) 195
Item argumentum 3*
Sciendum etiam . . . memineris mei beatissime papa. Expl. arg.
ff. 4*. 5». Blank.
Canons of the Gospels 5''
These are under arches drawn in red outline. The capitals of the columns and the bases have slight
ornaments. The titles of the Canons are written in capitals (black) in the tympana of the arches. They end
with f. ii\ f. la is blank.
Inc. Pref. S. Hier. in IIII. Evang. (red capitals) 13
Plures fuisse . . . ecclesiasticis uiris canendas. ExpL pref. in Evangelium.
Small initial in gold and colour.
Inc. prologus in Matheum 14''
Matheus ex ludca . . . non tacere. Expl. Arg.
Inc capitula 15
I. Natiuitas Ihu Xpi. Magorum munera, etc.
(xxviii). Et doctrina dus de baptysmo. Expl. Cap.
16". Blank.
Three full-page pictures occupy ff. 17, i8*: f. 18'' has a full-page initial and title to St Matthew. Incip.
Evangel, scdrn Matheu. Liber generationis.
Text 19
Ending f. 59'. Colophon in delicate red capitals :
Expl. liber sci Evangelii secundum Matheum Incipit Prologus.
Marcus evangelista dei . . . prestat deus est 60
Large initial in gold and colour.
Expl. Arg. Incip. Breviarium 60*"
L Dc lohanne baptista et uictu, etc.
(xiii). et ascensio eius in c^los. Expl. Breviarium.
63\ Blank.
64* has a full-page picture : 64^ title and initial : Inc. Evang. sec Marcum. Initium evang. I. C.
filii dei.
Text 65
Ending imperfectly on 83', in xiii. 19 : the last lines of the page are illegible.
Prologue to Luke. Lucas Syrus . . . fasddientibus prodcssct Expl. Arg, 84
A different scribe, writing somewhat larger, begins here.
Large initial in gold and colour.
Inc. Capitula. i. Zacharias viso angclo 85
(xxi). laudantcs deum in templo. ExpL Cap.
90. Blank.
91* has a full-page picture: 91*" title and initial : Inc Evang. sec. Lucam. Quoniam quidem multi conati
sunt.
Text 92
Ending 139*: Expl. Evang. sec Luc. Inc. Argumentum sec. lohannem.
Hie est lohannes . . . doctrina seruetur. Expl. Arg. 139''
Initial in gold and colour.
Inc Breviarium. i. Pharis^rum leuit? 140
(xii). Et resurrectio eius. Expl. breuiarium.
141* has a full-page picture : i43» title and initial : Inc. evang. sec. loh. In principio erat uerbum. The
text is continued this time in a single line of ordinary minuscule, in the lower margin.
The text ends on f. 1 75* and has no colophon.
175^ is blank.
The beginning of a table of Gospels for the year occupies f. 1 76, The heading is : Inc. Breviarium.
In uigilia natalis domini.
It ends imperfectly in Ebdomada v. post XheophaMtam.
C c a
196 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The pictures are interesting, especially the first. The figure-drawing is very stiff. The favourite colours
are pale greens and light reds. Purple is also employed, and gold and silver. These latter are usually edged
with a thin red line. Most of the pictures and title-pages to the Gospels (all, indeed, except the first) have
frames, of classical patterns, bounded on the inner side by a band of silver, and on the outer side by a band of
gold.
The grounds of the pictures of the Evangelists are of two colours: a central panel of blue, surrounded^ by
green, or -some similar arrangement. The grounds of the initials to the Gospels are purple (a faint reminis-
cence of the purple codices). The body of these initials is of gold and silver, and they have small portions
of plaited work about them.
1. f. 17*. The frame here represents a church. The sides are tall, narrow, circular, blue towers, marked
off into stages by horizontal bands of gold, &c. ; tiled, domical roofs. The top is a tiled roof, the apex formed
by a group of a square tower, set lozenge-wise, with two lateral circular turrets. The ground is green, with
a central panel of blue.
On either side of the central figure are light-coloured curtains, with red lines and a blue band, looped aside
through openings in the lateral turrets.
In c. stands the Virgin, both hands held, palms forward, in front of her body : pale bluish head-dress, dark
red robe, over green with silver bands, over blue : yellow nimbus with white dots round the edge : sleeves
red with white dots. She stands on a mound marked with red lines.
At her feet, R. and L., kneel two small figures of nuns, in dark red robes, with green head-dresses.
On the picture, in delicate small white capitals, are these inscriptions :
CXA MAPYA (Sancta Maria)
AAnP(ji)/nPYuM/NATu/<l>EP/NPM/uYPrCU/nPE/XATu
(Ad proprium natum fer nostrum uirgo precatum.)
OverthenunonL. is: SVENHILD-ABB.
Over the one on R. : BRICIDA (the last two letters damaged).
Possibly Svenhild and Brigida may have been the two scribes of the book.
2. f. I j^. Blue ground. Christ, bearded, with book, blessing, seated on the rainbow within a mandoria,
composed of bands of silver, red, lighter red, white, and gold. In the spandrels the Evangelistic emblems.
Christ has cross-nimbus, upper robe dark red, inner robe white.
3. f 18". Matthew, bearded, seated, turned to R., working with pen and knife at a book on a silver desk.
He has blue nimbus, with gold border. His robes are pale in colour. Ground green, with panel of blue.
4. f. 18''. Frontispiece: purple ground. Initial in gold and silver, with patches of blue and green, and floral
excrescences in red and white.
5. f. 6^\ Mark, white-bearded, cross-legged, in pale-coloured robes, turns to desk on R., and holds stylus
and knife.
Ground dark green, with blue panel.
6. f. 62,^. Frontispiece : purple ground. Initial in gold and silver on panel of dark green and blue.
7. f. 91". Luke, beardless, seated full-face between two desks: he writes with one hand, and handles
a book with the other. His robe is dark red over white.
Ground dark green, with blue panel.
8. f. 91''. Frontispiece. Remarkable frame, mainly in green with red lines. Purple ground. Initial in
gold and silver, with inner grounds of blue and green.
9. f 141''. Frame in harsh dark green and salmon pink. John, bearded, seated full-face, r. hand to cheek,
/. hand on a book on a desk on R. Ground dark green, with blue panel.
10. f. 142K Frontispiece : purple ground. Initial in gold and silver on a narrow panel of blue and green.
The initials to the prologues are by the same hand : they do not admit of distinguishing descriptions.
On f. I", near the top, is an erased number, apparently ' No. 14 ', in a modern hand. At the bottom of
the same page is a library-stamp (?), carefully erased, consisting of two oblong pieces, with rounded ends
. = • The inscription cannot be revived.
There has also been an oval label, now gone, inside the first cover, and there are traces of a pencilled
inscription, of which the number 33 formed part.
lUSTINUS, SALLUST, FLORUS 197
111 (Crawford 128). lUSTINUS, SALLUST, FLORUS.
Vellum, 280 X 205 mm., ff. i +98+ 1, double columns of 42 lines. Cent, xv, in a small,
rather scratchy hand, inclined to be current. Written in Germany.
Collation, i fly-leaf: i*-7' (wants 5, 6) 8* (wants i) 9*-ii* la (three) 13* (wants i) 14 (two) : i fly-leaf.
Binding. Wooden boards, covered with velvet. TTie front cover has metal-work, thus arranged :
The border has four oval crystals at the angles. In the centre of each of the four sides is an oblong strip
of enamelled metal, bearing decorative designs. Those on R. and L. are longer than those at top and bottom.
The intervals between these and the crystals are occupied by eight square panels of filagree work, set with
stones : those at top and bottom have four stones apiece, the others have five : 36 in all. Four of these are
antique intaglios.
The centre has a border of gilt metal, sloping inwards, and stamped with square paterae of foliage in low
relief, all of one design. The centre is occupied by a panel of what is said to be some soft white stone. It is
somewhat damaged, and I am not certain as to its antiquity. It represents the Crucifixion. The cross is
tall : the figure of Christ has cross nimbus: His feet rest on a suppedaneum, above the heads of the figures in
the for^round, and arc nailed with two nails. His body is carefully modelled. The Cross has blank title, and
two half-length angels are above it : not the Sun and Moon. Below, on L., stand the Virgin and St. John : on
R., two Roman soldiers, one with raised broken arm, pointing upward.
A skull is at the foot of the Cross.
Behind these figures are, on L., two weeping women : on R., three men, two with spears, the third with
sponge on reed.
This metal-work,' of course, cannot originally have been made for the book on which it is.
Inside the cover are two late titles : one in the hand that appears on the fly-leaf of the Himmerode Peter
Lombard (no. 6). There is also a smudged place where a small book-plate may have been.
The fly-leaf is blank.
At top of f 1, col. I, is an inscription in a scrawly xv-xvi"'-cent hand :
Ex dono henrici goesseyd {or goesheyd ?) ac (?) p'
conuentus diue elisabr/ possid^/ mo
eccti begh" S. KsiXerine in hcrewtalz.
At the bottom of the column are the letters
t\uod G. h.
in the same hand.
Contents :
I. lustini Historiae. i
ProL Cum multi ex romanis . . . testimonium habituro.
Text Principio rerum gentium nationum que i
f 41 Is mutilated at the upper comers : also f 44 more seriously.
After f 52 two leaves are gone, with the end of lib. 39, all 40, and part of 41. Another leaf is gone after
57, with parts of libb. 43, 44.
The text ends jS*" : in formam prouincie redcgit. Expl.
3. Planctus Galliae (no title) 59
A long address in hexameters, from Gallia to Britain, describing the miseries of war and praying for
peace :
Si datur ire tuas prescnti numine ad aurcs
Qui genus a priami deducis sanguine quique
Maxima preclaris animi virtutibus imples
Nomina, qui laudes totum dimittis in orbem
Sepe tuas. Audi periture verba parentis
198 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Ending 60'' :
Que ruit. et simul it regni preclara superbi
Gloria, ni faueas rerum spes sola mearum
Ecce ego teucrorum prolem te Gallia posco.
et populi quot habet tua Gallia fausto
Circum aderunt plausu numeris et voce fauentes ^
Sic honor atque tuas sequitur que gloria laudes
Queque futura canunt eterna in secula viuet.
3. A shorter poem, in elegiacs (28 lines) 60*
Si vacat exiguo modicum dare tempus amico
Thoma mea hec petimus carmina docte legas
9 Plura locutus eram. sed subdere plura parabam
Cum mea tantillum musa bibamus ait.
Ecce puella comis faciem percussa duabus
Cuius erat medio vertice rasus apex.
Musa quid hoc monstri est. que gens tam barbara. nusquam
Huic similis certe visa puella fuit
Tunc ego sic. patrium tenet hec sibi belgia morem
Occiput est omnis ordine tonsa nurus,
etc.
Ending :
Tu modo quod superest suspensa collige penna
Hec mea censure carmina reddo tue. Expl.
4. Gaii Crispi Salustii viri illustris liber de cathalina.
Inc. feliciter. Prohemium 61
Omnes homines qui sese student . . . initium narrandi faciam.
Inc. historia 61^
Lucius Catelina nobili genere . . . luctus atque gaudium agitabantur.
Gaij Crispi Salustii liber de cathelinario bello expl.
5. Gaii Crispi Salustii de Jugurtino bello inc. prohemium ji^
Falso queritur ... ad inceptum redeo.
Inc. exordium historie. Bellum scripturus sum.
Ending 90'' : Ea tempestate spes atque opes ciuitatis in illo site sunt.
After a blank space are the lines :
Qui cupis ignotum iugurte noscere letum
tarpeie rupis pulsus ad yma ruit
licet necatum referant in carcere plures.
f. 91 is blank.
6. Lucii Annaei Fieri Historiae (no title) 92
Begins imperfectly in i. 4 :
futurum ut tocius mundi opes
Lib. II begins on 95'' and ends imperfect, early in cap. 4 :
Quatuor milibus celtiberorum quadraginta : followed by a blank fly-leaf.
There is nothing to note in the modest ornamentation of the volume, save some pretty leaf-work attached
to the initial of no. 5 (f. 71'').
BONAVENTURAE BREVILOQUIUM 199
112 (Crawford 129). BONAVENTURAE BREVILOQUIUM.
Vellum, 177 X n8 mm., ff. i + 128 mm., 23 lines to a page. Cent, xiii, late, in a good,
clear, black hand : written in Germany ?
The binding is of modem green velvet, over wooden boards. The front cover has on
it a metal plate, with jewelled border, and in the centre a panel, with arched top, bearing
a figure of scs andreas in enamel.
Inside is a leather ex libris ticket, stamped in gold, with shield : EX MUSEO L DOUBLE, and an extract
from a French sale catalogue, in which this was lot 383.
Pasted into the second cover is a piece of parchment, placed so that the lines of writing run vertically. On
this, it top, is (xiii) :
liber ecclcsie s. jacobi in leodio (Li^ge) qui eum violenter tenuerit anathema.
And below, in a later hand, is an extract from the Speculum HistoriaU of Vincentius, liber xxx, cap. i,on
Peter Lombard.
The book was no. 88 in the Libri sale of 1862. The binding and the drawing (see below) were figured in
Libri's Inedited Monuments.
CoUation. i fly-leaf : i"-xiii" (wants 9, 10). '
On the fly-leaf (recto), title, of cent, xlv ?
Contenta huius(?).
Brcuiloquium d (?) theologie d"* Bonauenture pulcherimum et diuinum ubi ipse procedit modo theologico
a prima causa ad suos eflectus. Sicut conuersiue philosophicalis deductio progreditur ab eflectibus ad de . . .
On the verso is an unfinished outline drawing in the style of cent, xii, in purple and black ink. A border
of classical foliage has been begun. The drawing represents: above, Christ, half-length, blessing, with book,
the sun and moon, with human faces, on L. and R. : below, on L., a monk, kneeling ; an angel standing on R.
I doubt the antiquity of this drawing.
Text. Inc. breuiloquium fraHis boncuenture (Opp. Rome, 1588, etc., vi, pt. I) I
Flecto genua mea ad patrem d. n. I. C.
There is a handsome initial ; ground mainly purplish, with groups of three white dots : foliage in green,
vermilion, yellow : above, a hare.
At bottom of f. 13 : S. ab Amim . . . de Siebeneich dono accepit MDCXXXl.
Lib. I begins f. 13*. II, a6. 111,4*. IV, 56. V, 7i\ VI, 89. VII, u a, with a good initial.
On 54 : Henr* Sixt* ab Amim 7 quercus po8s(idet) anno MDXC.
On 71*, at top, erased (xv) : Cartusicns/»m prope ErfTord.
Text ends ia8* : donee intrem in gaudium dci mci qui est trinus et unus deus benedictus in sec. sec. Amen.
Ronaventura died in 1274, and I think this must be a fairly early copy of his work.
The book seems to me to be a ' noake up '. The text (which, as we have seen, was in the library of the
Girthusian monastery at Erfurt) certainly does not belong to the binding. The piece of vellum, with the
inscription of St. Jacques of Liege, most likely belonged to a volume containing a work (the Sentences) of
Peter Lombard. The drawing on the fly-leaf, if genuine (which I doubt), must originally have been in a twelfth-
century book. I leave others to pronounce on the character of the metal work on the cover.
113 (Crawford 130). CHRONICLE ROLL.
Vellum, a roll 14 in. wide by 20 ft 6 in. long, of eleven membranes. Cent, xv, late
(after 1485).
At each end is a slender wooden roller ; and a piece of vellum has been added at the beginning, with
a title in Roman characters (xviii 7) :
Cronicae/ Regum angliae/a Noe usque ad /annum/ 1484.
200
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Formerly Ashbumham appendix, no. 196. Sold in May 1897.
The original title, in large Gothic letters, is :
Hie incipiunt cronice bone et compendiose/de regibus anglie. A noe usque in hunc diem.
The text begins :
Noe fuerunt tres filii videlicet Sem Cham et Japheth. Primo homo de genere Japheth Alanus nomine
cum tribus/filiis suis ylyon armenyon et iregno venit ad Europam. De primogenito ylyon orte fuerunt
gentes quatuor:/Latini. Franci Almani et Britanni. De latinis vero Brutus qui terram istam adeptus de
nomine suo Bri/taniam vocauit. Que post ab Anglis dicebatur Anglia. (The rest of the line is filled with an
ornamental band of red, upon which is a pattern in fluid gold.)
Cum enim Brutus cum suis populis primitus banc insulam que antea vocabatur Albion invenit et intrauit :
nul/lum vero genus hominum ibidem inuenit nisi solum gigantes, etc.
The roll is ornamented with a series of medallions illustrating the pedigree. This pedigree runs in a
broad red line down the centre, and only towards the end are there smaller medallions attached to it containing
the names, and short notices, of members of the royal family who did not occupy the throne.
The medallions are of foreign execution, and so I think is the writing. They might well have been done
in a shop at Rouen, for they strongly resemble the pictures in the inferior Rouen Horae. They uniformly
represent a king (or queen) throned, full-face, with sceptre, and a landscape behind him. A red band, with
gold lettering, runs behind the canopy of the throne ; it bears the name of the king or queen. In a few cases
the medallion is smaller and contains only a crown, on uncoloured ground, with the king's name on a red band
above. The colours of the pictures are good ; there is a good deal of fluid gold used. All the kings, except
Edmund Ironside, are beardless.
There
is no serious attempt at portraiture.
The medallions are as follows — from the top :
I.
Rex Brutus.
20.
Rex Stephanus.
a.
If
Aluredus.
21.
1)
Henricus.
3-
jf
Edward us.
23.
»
Ricardus.
4-
)f
Adelstan.
23-
»
lohannes
5-
»>
Tdmundus (Edm.)
34.
11
Henricus tercius.
6.
»
Eldredus.
25-
•>
Edwardus.
7-
j»
Edwynius. .
36.
»
Edwardus 3.
8.
))
Edgarius.
A medallion of his queen cut out.
9-
»
Edwardus (martyr).
37.
)»
T. Edwardus 3.
10.
5J
Etheldredus.
38.
II
Philippa Regina.
II.
»
Edwardus (Edmund Ironside).
Medallion referring to Richard II cut out
13.
>)
Cuntonius (Cnut).
39.
11
Henricus 4 (crown only).
13-
)l
Haro(l)dus.
30-
II
Henricus 5 „
14.
»>
Hardec«utus.
31-
II
Henricus 6 „ „
15-
»)
Sci. Edwardus (nimbed).
32-
)i
Edwardus 4 (picture).
16.
dux Heraldus.
33-
II
Elizabeth Regina.
17-
Rex WilWmi {so).
34-
11
Ricardus 3.
18.
i>
11
35-
II
Henricus (crown only).
19.
II
Henricus.
The text ends with a series of circles containing notices of the children of Edward IV.
seemingly made for carrying on the genealogy.
Preparations were
MORTUARY ROLL (VOORST) 201
114 (Crawford 131). MORTUARY ROLL (VOORST).
Vellum roll, 183 mm. broad, 42^ ft. long, on 18 skins. Cent, xv, 1458-9. It tapers to
a point at the top, and is rolled on its original plain wooden cylinder 245 mm. in length, at
each end of which is a metal boss (plain) with ring attached.
Formerly Ashburnham Appendix, no. 197.
Mentioned by Delisle, Rouleaux dts Marts, 1 866.
It is the mortuary roll of Elizabeth Sconincx, 17th abbess of For^ now Voorst, a Benedictine nunnery
near Brussels, formerly in the diocese of Cambrai.
It is headed by a painting of fair execution, a good ijjeal worn. The extreme top has been cut off.
This is in two stages. The whole composition is framed in red, and has painted in grisaille, in spandrels
at the angles, the Evangelistic emblems : at top, eagle and man, mutilated ; at bottom, lion and ox.
The lower stage shows the interior of a building, stonework dark, windows R. and L., white : three smaller
cusped windows above, blue ; a large arched field in c, gold.
In c, the abbess lies dying or dead on a bed, mainly red : her head to L. Tiled floor : a large gold holy
water bucket, with asperge in front At the head and feet kneel clerics : the one on R. holds a gold incense-
thip and swings a gold censer. Eight or nine nuns stand beyond the bed, one of whom holds a very tall gold
processional cross, and another a crozier. A third has a large book.
The up[)er stage also shows the interior of a building : stonework pink, roof scarlet within : windows on
R. and L. In C. the Virgin, in blue, and the Child, seated, full-face : the Child at the Virgin's breast Below,
S. Maria. On L. S. Benetiictus, in black habit, with crozier and book. On R. S. Elyzabetha, in white head-
dfcss, and blue mantle over scarlet. She holds an object which may be a church, and a book. All have large
gold nimln.
Below this picture begins the Brief, as it is called ; that is, the document which sets forth the names of
those for whom prayers are asked. It is written in a large upright book-hand, and has a large initial with pink
flourished ground representing the Virgin (crowned) and Child, throned on a yellow seat set on a green floor.
There is also a partial border of line and leaf work.
The text of the Brief :
Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie fliiis ad quos presentes littere peruenire contigcrint Margareta dei permis-
sione Abbatissa et conucntus Monasterii forestensis ordinis sancti benedicti Cameracen. dyoccs. Salutem et
graciam in prcsenti et gloriam in futuro. Labilis sortis humane status miserabili lege constringitur. Qui
momento horis incertis fine certo concluditur et in puluercm undc sumptus est rcuertitur iusto dei iudicio pro
ut in corpore gestum est recepturus. Sane uestis Candida sancta et immaculata innocencie baptismalis licet
omni diligencia seruetur et ? tutcia paulatim et inperceptibiliter per successum temporis sordidatur. Et uix
in hoc mundo qui totus positus in maligno est macule que dc tcrrenis contractc sunt contagiis Valent adeo
candidari Ut statim anime solute carnis ergastulo ad celestis unde oriunde sunt cuolare possint gaudia man-
sionis. Quippc stelle non sunt mundc in conspectu domini ut ait iob. Per Stellas singule bene uiuencium
anime designantur. Quia quantis(cun)que uirtutibus fulgeant quam diu tamen in came sunt carnis uinculis colli-
gantur peccatisque aliquibus maculantur. ut post uitam semper aliquid remaneat ad purgandum. Restat igitur
ut ignis purgatorii qui miro modo grauis est licet non sit perpetuus quod minus actum est quod minus mun-
dum est cxurat examinet et expurgat(-ct) ueluti ignis aurum. Nullus enim nisi fuerit ut aurum probatissimum
reponetur in domini thezauris. Hinc est quod uniuersitati uestre caritatis aflectuosa precum instancia suppli-
camus quatinus anime dilectarum domine Elyzabeth Abbatisse sororumque nostrarum. Ode. margate. mar-
garete. Margate. Katherine. Marie et Ghertrudis monialium professarum predict! monasterii nostri beate marie
uirginis de fofesto nuper defunctarum in domino ut speramus orationum uestrarum sufTragiis succurrere digne-
mini. Ut uestris precibus adiute a peccatorum uinculis absoluantur et liberate de locis penarum sederc cum
populo dei mereantur in pulcritudine pacis in tabemaculis fidude in requie opulenta. Que scilicet domina
Elyzabeth abbatissa obiit xiiij kal. Augusti. Oda xi kal. Aug. Margareta vii kal. Aprilis. Margareta viij
D d
202 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Idus Aug. Margareta xii kal. Febr. Katherina iii Idus nouembris. Maria vi. kal. Januarii et Ghertrudis xiiij
kal. Aprilis.
Roligerulum exhibitorem presencium fauorabiliter scilicet lohannem leonis cum uenerit recipere uelitis
nos deposcimus et benigne. ut uobis et uestris in casu simili gratam uicissitudinem rependamus. Datum
anno domini .m". cccc. Iviij die xvj. mensis augusti.
Iste sunt de fraternitate nostra. Ecclesia beate marie in maiori bigrad'. que tene[n]tur nobis in tribus
psalteriis et nos eisdem totidem. Ecclesia S. Laurencij iuxta Leodium (Liege) tenetur nobis in nouem missis,
et nos eisdem in tribus psalteriis.
Ecclesia S. petri in Affligemo.
Eccl. S. Saluatoris in heena^w.
Eccl. S. petri gandensis.
Eccl. S. Marie in laken iuxta renam.
Eccl. S. Bertini in S. Odomaro (S. Omer).
Eccl. S. Michaelis in Zibb^rt'.
Eccl. S. Pantalionis in Colonia.
Eccl. S. Winnochi bergensis (Bergues).
Singule ecclesie predicte tenentur nobis in tribus missis et nos eisdem in uno psalterio.
Here ends the book-hand of the Brief. The rest of the roll is occupied with the titiili of the houses to
which it was taken. These are, of course, in very various hands, mostly small and current. They record the
presentation of the roll, give the date, and usually accord the prayers asked for. I transcribe the first entry and
give a list of the others, with the dates, and the modem names of the less-known places :
I. Rotulus presens presentatus fuit in ecclesia beate gudule Brux(ellensis) Sexta die mensis Septembris
anno domini mill"° quadringentesimo quinquagesimo octauo tempore diuinarum primar?/w/ In choro eiusdem
ecclesie est (?) oremus pro Inuicem ad .dominum. lo. lakeminus.
Brussels, St. Gudule, 6 Sept. 1458. 1458
a. S. lacobi frigidimont bruxell. Brussels, S. Jacques du Caudenberg 6 Sept.
3. S. Marie in magnis bigrad. O.S.B. 6 Sept.
4. S. Petri haffligimensis. O.S.B. Afflighem. 7 Sept.
5. Eccl. Wilhelmitarum Alosti ord. S. Wilhelmi 7 Sept.
6. Eccl. collegiata Haltrensis. Haeltert. Dioc. Cambrai 7 Sept.
7. S. Petri iuxta Gandavum. O.S.B. Ghent. „ Tournai 5 Id. Sept.
8. Eccl. coll. S. Pharahildis Gandensis „ „ 10 Sept.
9. monast. S. Bauonis iuxta Gandavum » ., 4 Id. Sept.
10. monast. de buloka iuxta Gandavum Cisterc. Biloka Bilock Gall. Christ, v. 219 11 Sept.
11. fratrum minorum in Gandauo 11 Sept.
13. fratrum heremitarum S. Augustini in Gandauo 11 Sept.
13. monast. S. Victoris iuxta Gandavum ord. S. Margarete 11 Sept.
14. fratrum S. Marie de monte Carmeli in Gandavo 12 Sept.
15. fratrum predicatorum in Gandavo 12 Sept.
16. monast. b. marie trunc ord. premonstr. Tronchiennes. 12 Sept.
17. monast. ord. carthus. prope Gandavum 13 Sept.
18. monast. ord. S. Clare prope Gandavum 13 Sept.
19. monast. sancte Victoris in monte Rosarii ord. s" Victoris 13 Sept.
20. Eccl. coll. b. Marie Tenremondens. Dendermonde. Dioc. Cambrai 15 Sept.
Signed, ? Burdeghem.
21. monast. de Zwiueke iuxta Tenremond. Cisterc. Suiveka. 15 Sept.
22. monast. b. Marie de loco S" Bernardi Cisterc. 16 Sept.
Signed, Arnoldus Cantor.
23. eccl. b. Marie Antwerpen. St. Lambert's day
24. monast. S. Michaelis ord. premonstr. Dioc. Cambrai St. Lambert's day
25. Titulus moni(a}lium S. Margarete de ualle iuxta Antuerpiam ord. S. Victoris 20 Sept.
MORTUARY ROLL (VOORST) 203
26. monast. Cartus. prope antuerp. Vigil of St. Matthew
37. b. gummari lirensis (Lierre) Dioc. Cambrai St. Matthew
a8. mon. b. marie de Nazareth. Cisterc. 22 Sept.
29. mon. Regularium prope hrrenXals in brabantia (Herenthals) Sabbato 4°' temporum post
exalt, s. crucis
30. mon. monialium inclusanim ord. premonstr. in herenthals Sabb. 4"" temporum
31. mon. b. marie tonghrrlens. ord. premonstr. (Tongerloo) 24 Sept.
33. mon. Auerbodiens. (Everbeur) 24 Sept.
33. eccl. coll. S. Sulpicii diestens. Signed, thesaurarius. (Diest) Dioc. Liege 26 Sept.
34. eccl. coll. S. loh. Bapt. opidi dyestens. Signed pro festo Cosme ac Damiani
35. mon. vallis S. Bemardi prope dyest 37 Sept.
.36. mon. frat. carthus. prope diest profesto S. Michaelis
37. in sartu b. marie in ordine b. bemardi (? die) sinte michaelis ? aimont ? 29 Sept.
38. mon. b. marie in orientem. Cbtcrc. 39 Sept.
39. mon. b. V. marie in valle S. Trudonis. Cisterc. (S. Trond) 39 Sept.
40. mon. b. Sulpitii in lewis ord. vallis scolalium (Leau) 29 Sept.
41. Coll. b. leonardi opidi Icwen. 39 Sept.
43. eccl. b. marie in vallis virginis prope lintris. Cisterc. (Maeghden dael) 30 SepL
43. eccl. coll. b. Ursmari Thenens. Signed (Tirlemont) 30 Sept.
44. mon. frat. minorum opidi Thenens. Dioc. Li^e 30 Sept.
45. Convent Then. ord. Carmcl. 30 Sept.
46. mon. b. marie ord. S. Victoria in Thenis 30 Sept.
47. mon. vail, sccbachi in Thenis ord. S. August. 30 Sept.
48. mon. b. marie helech'mon ord. premonstr. (Helichcm Hellenchines GaJi. Chr. v. 104) i Oct.
49. maior eccl. in S. Trudone. O. S. B. (S. Trond) altera die Remigii
50. eccl. coll. b. marie opidi S. Trudonis
51. Conv. minorum opidi S. Trudonis
53. monialium S. Katherine in mijle'. O. S. B. (Munster Milcn Gall. Chr. iii. 998)
53. monial. de herkenrode Cist. ord. S. Bemardi
54. conv. hassellens. ord. hcrem. S. Aug. (Hassclt)
55. eccl. Coll. SS. foyllani ct quintini opidi de hasselc Signed
56. eccl. S. amoris bilisienais (Munster Bilsen)
57. eccl. Cathedralis S. seruacii traiectens. (Maastricht)
58. eccl. S. Marie traiectens.
59. ad albas dominas monialis ord. s. Victoris parisiencis in traiecto
60. predicatores conv. traicctensis
61. monast. de viuenguist. Cisterc. (Vetus Vinetum, Virignies Gall. Chr. iii. 1040)
Records their own obits (nuns)
63. eccl. cathcdr. S. lamberti leodiens. Signed (Liige)
63. eccl. Coll. S. petri leodiens.
64. eccl. Coll. S. Crucis leodiens.
65. eccl. Coll. S. Martini leodiens.
66. eccl. Coll. S. Pauli leodiem.
67. eccl. Coll. S. loh. Ewang. leodiens.
68. monast. S. lacobi leodiens. O. S. B.
69. eccl. coll. S. dionysii leodiens.
70. eccl. S. Bartholomei leodiens.
71. ecd. b. Marie vallis scolarium leodiens.
73. Mon. S. Laurencii prope et extra muros leodiens.
Records their own obits.
73. mon. S. Egidii publici montis extra leodium ord, S. Aug. (G<ill. Chr. iii. 1008) 17 Oct.
D d 3
3 Oct.
3 Oct.
3 Oct.
3, 3 Oct.
S. Francis
4 Oct.
5 Oct.
6 Oct
6 Oct.
6 Oct.
7 Oct.
fer. 4 post Dionys.
I 3 Oct.
13 Oct.
12 Oct.
13 Oct.
13 Oct.
13 Oct.
13 Oct
13 Oct
14 Oct.
14 Oct
3rd Sun. in Oct.
,}
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no.
III.
lis.
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116.
117.
(Beaurepart G. C. iii. 104a)
mon. vaUis benedicte prope leodium. Cisterc.
Convent, leodiens. ordinis . . . Carmeli
eccl. bellireditus siue xii apostolorum in leodio
mon. Robertimontis
mon. Carthus. domus omn. Apostolorum prope leodium
fratr. predicat. Leodiens.
fratr. minores Leod.
Conuent. bonorum pu^rorum in ciuit. Leod. ord. reg. S. Aug.
eccl. coll. b. marie opidi Tongrens. (Tongres)
eccl. b. Odulphi lossens. (Looz)
monast. flied^;'bacense (Vlierbec. G. C. v. 49)
mon. Insule ducis iuxta gempe ord. premonstr. ,,
eccl. b. marie percho dominarum. Cist.
mon. b. marie Jettens. alias de dyelegem ord. premonst. (Dilighem)
Dioc. Cambrai
mon. grymb^rgen. ord. premonstr. (Grimberg G. C. v. 93) „ „
mon. vallis lyliorum ord. premonstr.
eccl. S. Rumoldi machliniens. Signed (Malines)
eccl. b. marie de loco S. Marie in Musene. Cist,
eccl. b. marie In hauswica ord. vallis scolarium
Signed
eccl. ord. b. Aug. in Mechlinia
Convent, ord. Carmeli in Mechlinia
Conv. fratr. min. de obseruancia in Mechelinia
Conv. ord. S. Victoris in Machlinia b. marie
mon. de bethania iuxta Mechliniam. canonicarum reg. ord. S. Aug.
Vigil of S. Luke
Vig. S. Luke
Vig.
Vig.
S. Luke
S. Luke
S. Luke
S. Luke
V
S. Luke
in festo 1 1 ,000 virginum
S. Severinus
Simon and Jude
Simon and Jude
29 Oct.
9 Nov.
10 Nov.
10 Nov.
10 Nov.
10 Nov.
S. Martin
S.
s.
s.
s.
s.
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin
Liege
mon. vallis rosarum iuxta Walem. Cist. (Rosendael G. C. v. 68)
eccl. b. Gertrudis de Bergis supra zomam (Bergen op Zoom) Dioc,
Signed
eccl. Coll. b. Marie opidi de Breda. Signed (Breda)
Eccl. Coll. b. Gertrudis opidi montis S. Gertrudis (Gertruidenberg)
Dioc
mon. fr. Carthus. apud montem S. ghertrud
apud capitulum b. Katherine huesdens. Traiectens. (Heusden)
Mon. ad coronam b. Marie in opido hoesden. Traiect.
Mon. b^mens. prope huesd. ord. premonstr.
Mon. b. marie supra donka. Cist. (Bois le Due, Hertogenbosch) Dioc. Liege
eccl. Coll. et curata S. Joh. Evang. in opido de Buscoducis
Signed, Gerardus Lamberti.
fr. predic. in buscoducis
mon. S. Clare in buscoducis
fr. min. in buscoducis
Conv. de porta celi prope et extra muros opidi de Buscoducis. ord
Records obits.
Eccl. Coll. et paroch. S. Martini in Zautboemill. Traiect. (Zaltbommel)
Signed
mon. monialium in Zautboemel
mon. Canonicorum reg. prope Zautboemel
mon. Insule b. marie parcium Gelis ord. premonstr. Traiect.
eccl. Coll. b. Barbare in Culenborch. Signed (Culemborg)
monast. nomine Mores domine nostre in Yselst'. Cist. (Isselstein)
Records obits.
altera die post f S. Martini
15 Nov.
a a Nov.
. Li^ge
34 Nov.'
S. Chrysogonus
S. Linus
S. Linus
S. Linus
Liege
fer. a post S. Kath.
)»
a8 Nov.
a9 Nov.
39 Nov.
29 Nov.
Wilhelmi
I Dec.
a Dec.
3 Dec.
3 Dec.
S. Barbara
5 Dec.
circa Concept. Marie
MORTUARY ROLL (VOORST)
205
118.
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132.
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13'-
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158.
«59-
160.
eccl. Coll. S. Nycolay in Ysclsteyn
ecd. Maior Traiectens. Signed. Records obits (Utrecht)
eccl. S. Salvatoris Traiect. „ „ „
Eccl. b. marie Traiect. „ „ „
Eccl. S. pctri Traiect. „
Eccl. S. lohannis Traiect. Signed. Records obits
S. Paul! Traiect. O. S. B. Records obits
mon. S. Seruacii iuxta muros ciuit. Traiect. Cist, (nuas)
Records obits,
in domo theutonicorum (?) S. marie Iherosolimitane in Traiecto
Records obits,
in domo S. Katherine traiect. ord. fr. S. Job. Iherosolimitani
Records obits
fraL min. in Traiecto. Records obits
frat. predic in Traiecto. „ „
mon. S. Marie Magd. ord. S. Victoris in Traiecto in claustro albarum dominarum
Records obits,
eccl. S. Stephani oudwica prope traiectum. O. S. B.
Records obits,
mon. S. Marie et S. Laurencii prope Traiectum. O. S. B.
mon. S. Marie et S. Laurencii in Oestbroch prope Traiectum. O. S. B.
moa vallis b. Marie prope Traiectum extra muros. Cist,
vallis noue tucis apud Traiectum inferius. Carthus. Records obits
eccl. Coll. S. Job. Bapt. Wijck prope Duersteden. Signed (Wijk bij Duurstede)
fcria 2 post S. Luciam
mon. S. Marie Magd. In Wijck prope duersteden ord. pred. feria 2 post 3 Dom. in Adv.
6 Dec.
profesto Concept.
Concept.
Concept.
9 Dec.
2 Sun. in Adv.
2 Sun. in Adv.
2 Sun. in Adv.
Monday (Populus meus)
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
19 kal. Jaa
19 kal. Jan.
19 kal. Jan.
18 kal. Jan.
16 Dec.
eccl. Coll. b. Marie in Clivis (Cleve)
fr. min. in Clivis
mon. brecburym prope cliuis
mon. b. Marie in vallc Comitis gclrcnsis quod uolgariter dici-
tur Nouum claustrum ord. Cisterc. Many obits Dioc. Cologne
Eccl. S. Victoris Xanctens. Signed. Records obits (Xanten) „ „
In Haghenbusch
In bocrstewberch
In domo Insulc Regine celi prope Wesaliam ord. Carth. (Wesel)
monial. ord. premonstr. extra muros Wesaliens.
frat. predic. Ciuit. Wezaliens. Obits
in domo S. Johannis ciusdem ord. in opido Wesaliens.
Conv. fratr. herem. S. Aug. in opido Wesaliens. inferiori
mon. Campcnse ord. Cut. Obits (Kempen)
mon. fratr. ord. Carmeli. Obits
moa Martini (?) prope nussiam ord. premonstr.
mon. S. Quintini opidi Nussiens. Signed (Neuss)
moa R^ularium extra Nussyam. Obits
frat. min. in Nusya
In mon. nouo opens iuxta G(l)adbach. O. S. B. (Gladbach)
mon. Gladbach. O. S. B. Obit
mon. Knechtsteden ord. premonstr. Obits
mon. S. Nicolay. O. S. B.
mon. S. marie in PKonyxberch. O. S. B. (Bad hand)
S. Stephen
S. Stephen
S. John
Innocents
30 Dec.
31 Dec.
31 Dec.
H59
I Jan.
I Jan.
1 Jan.
2 Jan.
2 Jan.
Octave of S. John
Octave of Innocents
Oct. of Innocents
profesto Epiph.
crast. Epiph.
crast. Epiph.
2* die post Epiph.
fer. 2 post Epiph.
fer. 5 post Epiph.
fer. 5 post Epiph.
fer. 6 Oct. Epiph.
2o6
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211.
mon. sancte martires. Cisterc.
mon. ad piscinam ord. S. Aug. extra muros Colon.
Eccl. Coloniens. Obit
mon. S. Martini Colon. O. S. B.
fr. predic. Colon.
Mon. SS. Machabeorum Colon.
€ccl. S. Gereonis Colon,
eccl. Coll. b. Marie ad gradus Colon,
fr. Carmeli Colon,
eccl. Coll. SS. Apost. Colon.
No name. ' fuyt aput nos in crastino anthonii.'
eccl. S. Marie Capitolio Colon.
mon. b. marie ad speculum que uolgariter dicitur Seyna. Colon
eccl. undecim milium virginum Colon,
eccl. S. Andree Colon. Obit
eccl. S. Cuniberti Colon. Obit
conv. fr. S. Joh. Jherusalem Colon,
eccl. S. Cecilia
eccl. S. Marie Magd. albarum dominarum ord. S. Aug. Colon,
eccl. S. Georgii Colon,
conv. fr. herem. ord. S. Aug. Colon,
mon. b. marie ad ortum
fr. min. Colon,
aput Clarissas Colon,
mon. Tuiciense. O. S. B. (Deutz)
ecc^ S. Seuerini Colon. Signed
in domo S. barbare Carthus. Colon,
mon. montis S. Walburge. Cisterc.
mon. prati S. Marie. Cisterc.
mon. Fons S. Marie. Cisterc. Obit (nun) {G. C. iii. 798)
in claustro S. Anthonii Colon,
fr. S. Crucis in Colon,
mon. S. Maximini in Colon, ord. S. Aug.
mon. in deytkirchen prope muros bonnenses. O. S. B. (Bonn)
fr. min. in bunna
Regularissarum in Bunna
eccl. S, Cassii in Bonna. Obits
mon. S. Maximini (?). O. S. B. zo claezzen von dorid
mon. in vijlka. O. S. B. (Vilich)
mon. S. Michaelis in monte Siberch. O. S. B.
In Cuyssendorpp mon. virginum inclusarum. Cisterc.
in heysterbach (Heisterbach)
in marienfarst ord. S. Salvatoris alias S. brigitte (cf. G. C. iii. 706)
in monte S. Appollinaris. O. S. B.
fr. min. in andernaco (Andernach)
in lacu O. S. B. claustr. Marie iuxta renum. Obits (Laach)
conv. fontis b. marie in hoben (Hoven G. C. iii. 797)
in tulpeto in eccl. S. petri (Ziilpich)
in conv. in fuscenich (Cisterc. nuns) (Fussenich)
fr. Carmeli domus Dudoii
conv. fr. ord. herem. b. Wilhelmi domus de paradiso prope
duren (Duren)
Dioc. Cologne Oct. of Epiph.
14 Jan.
St. Maur
St. M^ur
profesto S. anthonii
St. anthony
St. anthony
crastino Anthonii
crast. anthon.
prof. Fabiani, etc.
Fabian and Sebastian
Fabian and Seb.
Agnes
Septuagesima
Emerenciana
Emerenciana
Emerenciana and Macharius
Emerenciana and Macharius
crast. Emerenciane
profesto Conv. Pauli
fer. 2 post Conv. Pauli
'Monday, 30 Jan.
Colon, dioc.
Treves
Colon, dioc.
31 Jan., 1458
I Feb.
4 non. Feb.
Purification
')
Blasius
Agatha
Dorothy
Dorothy
Dorothy
Ash Wed.
5 Id. Feb.
Sotheris et.Scolastice
Scolastice
Dom. Inuocauit
fer. 2 post Inuocauit
fer. 3 „
fer. 5 „
fer. 5 »
fer. 6 post Inuocauit
fer. 6 „ „
Dioc, Colon. fer. 6
MORTUARY ROLL (VOORST)
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361.
Dioc. Colon. crast. luliane
in decimo die in quadrages.
fer. 6 post Reminiscere
Donsinica Oculi
Dioc. Colon.
Dioc. Liege
Obits
eccl. S. Georgii in conv. nostra. Cisterc.
Mon. S. Cornelii Indensis. O. S. B. (Comelimiinster)
fr. Carmeli domus Aquensis (Aix)
fr. predic. domus Aquens.
mon. b. Marie urbis Aquens.
fr. min. domus Aquens.
conv. albarum dominanim in ciuit. Aquens.
conv. S. Job. Bapt. Porcetens. ord. S. Bemardi. Obit
apud augustes in aquis ord. herem. S. Aug.
conv. fr. cruciferorum urbis Aquens.
conv. in Singhe ord. S. Aug.
conv. de valle dei. Cisterc. ,
eccl. coll. S. Hadelini visben.
conv. traiectum ord. S. Aug. (Maastricht) ^
conv. traiect. ord. fr. min.
eccl. b. Marie de luncu ? ord. theutonicorum ? in Traiecto supcriori.
fr. cruciferorum oppidi traiectcns. super mozam
Conv. de hocht ord. S. Bemardi
conv. de Rodekem ord. prcmonstr.
conv. de Koken ? Obit
fr. min. de obseruancia extra et propc traiectum super mosam
Conv. de fley
Conv. Pacis dei prope hayensis. Cisterc. (Huy)
mon. valib nostre domine prope huya. Cisterc.
eccl. coll. b. marie huyens. Signed Li^c
noui monast. prope hayum ord. S. Aug.
mon. S. Victoris prope hoyum ord. Clun.
mon. S. Quirini prope hoyum ord. S. Marie Magd.
fr. S. Crucis hoyeas. Obits
fr. min. hoiens.
Conv. solleriji minorum hoiens. (Soli^res)
eccl. coll. b. Begge Andanens. (Andenne)
eccl. coll. b. marie sclad'
mon. do vinario b. marie iuxta marchianr supra mosam. Cisterc. (Marche les Dames)
mon. vallis S. Georgii iuxta namugum supra sampbriam. Cisterc.
eccl. coll. b. Marie Namurccns. Signed (Namur)
eccl. coll. S. Albani Namurccns. Signed
fr. ord. S. Crucis Namurccns.
mon. moniaiium inclusarum in argenton prope Gemblacum. Cisterc. (Ai^enton)
mon. S. Petri Gemblacens. O. S. B. (Gemblaux)
mon. b. Marie de Villari in brabancia. Cisterc. (Villers)
Dec. et. capit. S. ? Georgii tat (= Cambrai) dioc. Signed
Mon. S. Dyonisii in brogroya. O. S. B. (S. Denis du Mont or de Broqueroye)
Dioc. Cambrai
eccl. b. Waldetrudis montensb. Signed (Mons) „ „
eccl. b. marie de montibus in hanonia ord. Vallis scolarium sub regula S. Aug.
mon. b. marie de spinoso loco prope montes in hanonia. Cisterc. (Espinlieu)
mon. S. gisleni in Cella. O. S. B. (S. Ghislain)
eccl. b. Landclini de crispinio in hanonia. O. S. B. (Crepin)
eccl. Coll. b. Marie ad aulam. Signed
mon. S. Joh. bapt. et Joh. Kvang. Ord. S. aug. opidi Valen. (Valenciennes)
Sun. in
Lent
M
»>
penult.
Feb.
ult.
Feb.
ult.
Feb.
1
Mar.
I
Mar.
2
Mar.
7
Mar.
7
Mar.
7
Mar.
• Thomas Aquinas
fer. 5 post Lctare Iherusalem
Sabbato dominice passionis
13 Mar.
13 Mar.
14 Mar.
15 Mar.
15 Mar.
16 Mar.
16 Mar.
17 Mar.
17 Mar.
18 Mar.
18 Mar.
19 Mar.
19 Mar.
. kai. Ap.
20 Mar.
20 Mar.
20 Mar.
21 Mar.
21 Mar.
22 Mar.
?2 Ap.
3Ap.
3 Ap.
3 Ap.
S. Ambrose
4 Ap.
5 Ap.
6 Ap.
6 Ap.
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3°3-
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310.
3".
Tournai
Signed
Signed
Cisterc.
(Courtrai)
eccl. b. marie sororum de bello monte ord. S. dominici in Valenchenis
fr. predic. Valen.
eccl. b. marie Viconien. ord. premonstr. (Vicogne)
eccl. S. Amandi in pabula. O. S. B. (St. Amand)
dec. et cap. Torn. Signed
mon. b. Martini „
eccl. S. Nicolai de Pratis iuxta Tornacum ord. S. aug
in domo montis S. Andree iuxta Tornacum. Carthus.
fr. min. Tornac.
fr. S. Crucis Tornac.
conv. b. marie de Salceto iuxta Tornac.
eccl. b. Marie de pratis iuxta Torn, sub reg. S. Aug. ord. S. Victoris
eccl. b. Kalixti Chisoniensis ord. S. Aug. (Cysoing)
dec. et cap. eccl. b. petri Insulens. Signed (Lille)
eccl. S. lacobi. fr. predic. Insul.
fr. min. Insull.
eccl. b. Marie de marlretta iuxta InsuHs. Cisterc.
eccl. b. Marie de laude. Cisterc.
eccl. coll. S. Piati siclinens. (Seclin)
eccl. b. Christofori ord. S. Aug. Signed
Dec. et cap. eccl. Coll. b. Marie Curtracens.
eccl. b. Marie de groniwghes iuxta cureeacum
Dec. et cap. S. Salvatoris harlebeccens.
Curatis de Eyne. Signed (Eyne)
mon. vallis Virginum iuxta Aldenardum
mon. S. Salvatoris eramensis
mon. b. M. de doerrzele
mon. b. M. de bodelo. Cisterc.
mon. b. M. de haghe. Cisterc.
eccl. b. M. Ardenburgens. Signed
eccl. b. M. de slusa supra mare. „
eccl. S. loh. in slusa supra mare. „
mon. b. M. dulcis vallis ord. S. Aug.
eccl. coll. S. Donatiani Brugens. Signed (Bruges)
eccl. coll. b. M. Brugens.
eccl. canon, regul. b. Barthol. de eechout in brugis ord. S. Aug,
fr. predic. Brug.
fr. min. Brug.
fr. herem. S. Aug. Brug.
eccl. S. Clare Brug.
fr. Carthus. prope Brugis in flandria domus vallis gratie
Mon. S. Trudonis iuxta Brug. Ord. S. Aug.
eccl. b. M. de noua Iherusalem iuxta Brugis. Cisterc.
Tytulus sor . . sororum hoerdinne (?). ? Item fr. predic. de valle angelorum Iuxta brugiis
ghescreue« den. Viiisten. dach. in. meyen
eccl. b. M. mon. capelle thosan. Cisterc. (Doest G. C. v. 360)
eccl. S. Andree iuxta Brug. O. S. B.
monial. S. Anne prope Brug. Carthus. Oct.
Signed (Harlebeke)
(Oudenarde)
Cambrai
Tournai
Traiect.
Tournai
(Sluis)
(Soetendael G. C. v. 363)
6 Ap.
9 Ap. (sic)
7 Ap. {sic)
10 Ap.
11 Ap.
II Ap.
13 Ap.
13 Ap.
13 Ap.
13 Ap.
13 Ap.
14 Ap.
14 Ap.
14 Ap.
15 Ap.
15 Ap.
16 Ap.
16 Ap.
17 Ap.
17 Ap.
19 Ap.
19 Ap.
19 Ap.
33 Ap.
33 Ap.
33 Ap.
34 Ap.
35 Ap.
36 Ap.
38 Ap.
39 Ap.
39 Ap.
30 Ap.
3 May
3 May
profesto S. Joh. Port. lat.
Vig. S. loh.
loh.
loh.
port,
port,
7
7
Lat.
Lat.
May
May
17 Sept !
8 May
7 Id. May
10 May
of Ascension
eccl. de ghistella (Ghistelles)
eccl. iujcta ghistella. O. S. B.
mon. b. M. de Dunis. Cisterc.
Signed
Dioc
fer. 6 post Oct. Ascens.
Oct. post Ascens.
Morinens. 13 May
ioc. Morinens.
13 May
13 May
15 May
16 May
fer.
4 post Pentec.
17 May
17 May
18 May
18 May
nocte S.
Trinitatis
21 May
MORTUARY ROLL (VOORST) 209
312. dec. et cap. eccl. coll. b. Walburge fumens. Signed (Fumes)
313. eccl. S. Nicholay Fumens. Obits
314- eccl. S. Trin- iuxta bond". Signed (Hondschoote ?)
315. mon. S. Winnoci B^rgens. O. S. B. Signed (Bergues)
316. fr. predic. Bergens.
317. eccl. b. M. et S. Elyzabeth Bergens. ord. S. Victoris
318. eccl. b. M. de rauewsberghe. Cisterc.
319. eccl. b. M. iuxta bronbourgh. O. S. B. Signed (Bourboui^)
320. mon. b. M. Watinncns. ord. S. Aug. (Watten)
321. eccl. coll. S. Audomari in Audomaro. Signed (S. Omer)
322. eccl. S. Bertini in Audom. O. S. B.
32J. fr. min. iuxta S. Audom. Signed
324. fr. Carthus. iuxta S. Audom. „ n
325. fr. predic. S. Audom. ' u
326. mon. sororum S. Clare iuxta S. Audom. „
327. eccl. b. M. de S. Columba in blendcka. Cisterc Signed 23 May
328. mon. b. M. de claromarisco iuxta S. Audom. (Clairmarais) 24 May
329. mon. b. M. de Wastina iuxta Casseletum 25 May
330. eccl. S. Petri Casletcns. Signed (Cassel) Sat. 26 May
331. eccl. b. M. Casletcns. 26 May
332. mon. noue planctationis b. M. de ponte rohardi ord. S. Victoris. Signed (Roisebrecht) 26 May
These are all the entries on the front of the roll. We resume with the back : the writing here begins at
some distance from the top.
333. mon. b. Petri et Vedasti in (Eversham) ord. S. Aug. Dice. Morinensis 27 May
Signed {G. C v. 354)
334. moa S. Petri de loo
335. mon. S. Martini yprcns. ord. S. Aug. Signed (Ypres)
336. fr. predic. yprcns. (? audomarens.) dyoc.
337. fr. min. yprens. morinens. dyoc.
338. fr. Carmeli yprens.
339. fr. hercm. S. Aug. yprens.
340. mon. sororum s. clare iuxta ypris
341. fr. ord. S. Aug. b. Marie formosolcnsis (Wormczel)
342. mon. b. M. de busco iuxta ipram. O. S. B.
343. mon. b. M. de zinncbeka iuxta ypram (Zonnebeke)
344. mon. b. M. et s. pctri dc mecrchcm. O. S. B. (Merckem)
345. mon. dominamm vallis ccli alias Wcrkenis in flandria. Cisterc. Dioc. Tournai (?<7. C v.
346. mon. b. M. in nouo bosco iuxta Gandavum
347. eccl. b. M. de cussenbcken ord. premonstr. „ Cambrai
348. ccd. b. M. in rosis prope alostum. Cisterc. (Alost) „ „
349. mon. BS. martirum tuorum pariterque pontificum Cornelii et
cypriani apud Ninovem ord. premonstr. (Ninove C". C". v. 1 11) „ „
350. mon. de Belloprato iuxta Geraldimontem. Cisterc. (Graumont) „ „
331. mon. S. Adriani in Geraldimonte. O. S. B. Signed
352. canon, reg. ord. S. Aug. in Hclzeghem „ Tournai
353. eccl. coll. S. Hermetis Rodinacefi. Signed (Renay) „ Cambr.
354. mon. Carmeli in bruxella „ „
355. fr. min. opidi bruxell.
356. mon. b. M. Rose plantate in Jherico in bruxella. ord. S. Aug.
357. eccl. coll. b. Petri andlecten. (Anderlecht)
358. mon. S. Clare in bruxella
E e
27 May
28 May
29 May
29 May
29 May
29 May
29 May
30 May
30 May
31 May
31 May
,298)
4 Id. Jun.
S. Barnabas
»
Id. Jun.
I2(?) Jun.
Id. Jun.
13 Jun.
16 Jun.
23 Jun.
23 Jun.
23 Jun.
25 Jun.
27 Jua
2IO WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
359. mon. S. Elyzabeth in monte syon in bruxella ay June
360. mon. b. M. de Camera iuxta bruxellam. Cisterc. 28 June
361. mon. vallis ducisse a8 June
363. mon. S. Paul! in zoma ord. S. Aug. „
363. mon. brevis montis. O. S. B. 30 June
364. Coll. S. Petri louaniens. (Louvain) Dioc. Li^ge i July
365. eccl. S, Gertrudis louaniens. ord. S. Aug. a July
366. eccl. b. M. ord. predic. in louanio »
^6y. eccl. b. M. ord. S. Victoris in louanio 3 July
368. fr. augustinorum in louanio „
369. fr. min. in louanio »
370. eccl. b. M. et S. Job. de pescho juxta louanium ord. premonstr. „
371. mon. b. M. vallis ducis. Cisterc. (Hertogendael) 4 July
373. mon. b. M. vallis floride. Cisterc. »
373. priorat. S. M. de Wane'a (?) 5 July
374. eccl. b. M. de Aq'ria. Cisterc. (Eauvieres G. C. iii. 603) „
375. eccl. S. Pauli Niuellens. (Nivelle) 6 July
376. Canonissarum eccl. b. Gertrudis Nyuellens. n
377. fr. min. oppidi niuellens. »
378. mon. fr. herem. S. Guillelmi iuxta muros opidi niuellens. „
379. mon. de busco domini ysaac iuxta nyuellam ord. S. Aug. 7 July
380. mon. b. M. de nyzella. Cisterc. »
381. mon. de Walteri brania. Cisterc. (Braine) ,.
383. mon. b. M. in septem fontibus ord. S. Aug. 8 July
383. mon. b. M. Viridis vallis in Zoma ord. S. Aug. 8 July
The general course of the wanderings of the Roligerulus was as follows: Starting from Brussels in Sept.,
1458, he vyent first westward to Alost and Ghent, E. to Dendermonde, NE. to Antwerp, SE. by Lierre, Heren-
thals, Diest, St. Trond, N. to Hasselt, SE. to Maastricht, S. to Liege, NW. to Tongres, Looz, W. to Mechlin,
N. to Bergen op Zoom, Breda, E. to Bois-le-Duc, N. to Utrecht (his northernmost point). Thence, at the end
of 1458, SE. to Cleves, Xanten, Wesel, S. to Gladbach, SE. to Cologne. Then, following the Rhine, South to
Bonn, Heisterbach, Andernach, which is the most southerly and easterly point reached. He then leaves the
river and returns N W. to Laach, Ziilpich, Duren, Aachen. Then W. to Maastricht again, and thence S. to Huy
and SW. to Namur, W. to Mons and S'. Amand. Thence he turns N. to Tournai : westward to Lille, NE. to
Courtrai, E. to Oudenarde, N. to Sluis, SW. to Bruges and along the coast to Fumes and Bergues. Thence
inland S. to St. Omer. Thence back eastward to Cassel and Ypres and home to Brussels. Then E. to Louvain
and SW. to Nivelles, returning by Braine early in July of 1459.
115 (Crawford 132). NOVUM TESTAMENTUM.
Vellum, 348 X 240 mm., ff. 100, double columns of 46 lines. Cent, xiv, in good Gothic
Italian hand : wide margins.
Binding of cent, xix, rather rubbed, lettered on back, Manuscr. Evangeliu(m), and at the
bottom of the back in Italic, Caissotti.
On each cover is a small stamp (octagonal, with two long sides) bearing a monogram
of H. C, the cross of an order, and the motto Honneur et Patr'ie.
Purchased at Sotheby's 14 April, 1899, lot 678.
Collation. i«-6i2 ( + 1) 712 8'^ 9* (wants 4).
NOVUM TESTAMENTUM
211
John, 36"". The usual prologues.
Contents:
Evangelia.
Inc. prefacio in Matheo
Mattheus ex iudea.
Mark, 13''. Luke, 22.
Pauline Epistles :
Romans. No prologue.
1 Cor. Epistola prima ad Cor. multas causas
diversasque complectitur . . . tamen
paruulas acciones. Corinthii sunt acaid.
2 Cor. In secunda ad cor. epistola quasi in parte
superiori . . . pecuniaria queque scctantes.
Post actam penitentiam, etc.
Gal. sunt greci
, Eph. sunt asiani
Phil. Phil, sunt macedones
Col. Col. et hii
1 Th. Thcss. sunt Macedones
a Th. Ad Thess. secundam
1 Tim. Tim. instruit
2 Tim. Item timothco
Tit. Titum commonefacJt
Philem. Philemoni familiares
Heb. In primis dicendum
Gal.
Eph
Acts
Lucas natione syrus
Cath. Epp. :
Non ita ordo a Pet.
lacobus et petrus i loh.
lacobus apostolus sanctum instruit 2 loh.
I Pet Discipuloa saluatoria 3 loh.
In III the reading 'deglucicns mortem' lude.
Apoc.
lohannes apostolus
In the Gospels, various rcadii^s are sparsely noted in the margin by the original scribe,
a handsome initial in gold and colour.
Symon petrus per fidem
Racionem ucrbi
Usque adeo ad sanctam
Gaium pietatis causa
ludas fratcr lacobi fratris
47
74
87"
93"
Each book has
U6 (Crawford 133). PSALTER OF ST. MAXIMIN.
Vellum, 420 X 325 mm., ff. 1 13, double columns of 29-30 lines. Cent, ix-x (x-xi, Kraus),
in a fine, clear, Carolingian minuscule, almost upright : lines ruled with dry point.
Binding of cent, xix, early?, brown calf with blind tooling and gold lines.
In the cover is the ticket of the Museum Bollandianum Bruxellis.
The MS. was purchased by Lord Crawford from the Bollandists of Brussels at
a fairly recent date.
Collatwn. I* (wants 1) ^*-^* (i and 8 replaced in cent xii?) 8»-ii« (wants 6) ia»-i4» (wants i) 15* " «
(4 or a leaves- lost in the middle).
At top of f. I is a late press-mark, N. 91.
In the lower margin an inscription of cent, xvii ? erased :
Ex libris Impcrialis Monasterii S. Maximini.
A leaf of tables may be missing before f. 1.
The present f i headed in red uncials :
Ciclus Lunaris decern et novem armonim per xii KL.
This table occupies more than half the page. Below it is a paragraph in minuscule (10 lines):
Primo decenno-ucnalis anno in quo null^ sunt epact? sic invcnies lunam per kalendas quasquc. . . . Item
nono decimo anno quia luna embolismi iii nonas marcias prima est fit in kalendas mai uiccsima octaua cum
uicesima nbna per argumentum computabatur.
ff. i*-7» are occupied by the kalendar.
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212 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Each month has a heading in red uncials of this form :
Signum Capri mens. Ian. habet dies xxxi. Lunam xxx.
And in the lower margin, also in red uncials :
Nox horarum xvi. Dies horarum viii.
In Jiily, Aug. these have been erased.
The kalendar is in black and red, and in a smaller hand than the rest of the book. There is no grading of
. feasts. Greater feasts are in red.
Copious entries of Obits, &c., have been made in the eleventh and twelfth centuries : several hands appear,
but one has done the bulk of the work. There are hardly any entries later than the twelfth century, except on
f. 4*' (July), where a hand of cent, xvi has written, very badly, a long memorandum :
Nota ad rei memoriam.
luramentum Rev. Dom. nostri Abbatis S. Maximini Summo Pontifici coram suffraganeo Abbatis Notariis
et testibus A. D. 1582 15 Julij In area siue sacristia Abbatis ante benedictionem suam et summum sacrum
prestitum ac Romam deinde missum.
Ego Rheinerus Beifier Abbas, etc.
The oath fills the whole of the lower margin. At the end is scribbled :
Orate pro F. B. E (?).
The Obits, &c., in this kalendar have been printed in part by Hontheim in Prodromus Hist. Trevirens.,
I. p. 373, II. 996, and also by Kraus in Jahrb. d. Vereins v. Alterthumsfretmden im Rheinlande, Ivii (1876),
pp. 108 sqq., not very correctly : last by Dr. Max Keuffer in Trierisches Archiv (to which I have not had
access).
f. 7** is occupied by a table, unfinished, connected with the 19-year paschal cycle. The numerals in Greek,
A to 10, are in red capitals across the top. In the ist vertical column are Roman numerals in black i-xxx,
followed by i-xxviiii. Cols. A-H are occupied by alphabets :
. Col. A has : M-T, A-V, A-V, A-L.
Col. B : A-T, A-V, A-V.
Col. T: A-V, A-V, A-T.
Col. A : I-T, A-V, A-V, A-H.
Col. E : S-V, A-T, A-V, A-R.
Col. T : R-T, A-V, A-V, A-Q.
Col. Z : F-T, A-V, A-V, A-E.
Col. H: P-V, A-T, A-V, A-O. The rest are blank.
Preliminary matter to the Psalter occupies ff. 8-15.
Psalterium. | Inquirendum est In cuius | lingua dicitur. j (Capitals, 1st and third lines red, and line
black, filled with green and purple.) 8
Psalterium grecum est. In latinum organum dicitur quern h^brei nabath uocant . . . Nam et numerum
psalmorum complendo hebrei ilium psalmum addunt de quo dicitur pusillus eram inter fratres meos et
adolescentior in domo patris mei. Expl.
Psalterium ita est quasi magna domus (xxvi. 1277, &c.) . . . primus psalmus est quia ita incipit beatus uir. 9
Dicta S. Augustini quod sunt uirtutes psalmorum (red uncials) 9
Canticum psalmorum animas decorat (cxxxi. 14a, cxiii. 46) . . . omnes uirtutes multiplicat. Explicit.
Inc. Epistola Damasi (red uncials) g''
Damasus episcopus fratri et conpresbitero hieronimo in Christo salutem. dum multa corpora librorum
. . . aperire uestigium. Missa v kl. Nou. Per bonifatium presbiterum hierosolymam.
Inc. res scripta Hieronimi presbyteri (red uncials) 10
Beatissimo pap§ damaso . . . legi litteras apostolati uestri . . . uox ista laudis cantatur in aleph quod est
aWeluia.
Dauid filius lesse cum esset in regno suo (xciii. 477) .. . quod est amen, quod est fiat fiat hoc est semper
(ii«).
The rest of the page is filled by a list of sixty-nine names in three columns in a hand of cent, xi (?) :
Ogo abbas. Rutbertus, Wikerus . . . Adeluncus, Hildiwinus, Ambrosius.
Isti Ixx monachi fuerunt hie sub abbate Ogone qui monasterium reparauit.
PSALTER OF ST. MAXIMIN 213
f. 11* is occupied by three columns of writing of cent xii :
(a) Hos fecit uersus uea beda prcsbiter. De n^no Christi sed et orci carcere tristi.
Inter florigeras fccundi cespitis herbas (xciv. 633)
Ending : Meque tuis precibus Christo committe benignis
Viue deo felix et die uale fratribus almis.
{t) Hymn for St. John Evangelist, written as prose :
(S)ollempnis dies aduenit qua uirgo celos pedit
In trinitatis nomine te adoramus kiric Amen.
(c) Ten hexameter lines. Interpretation of the Parable of the Good Samaritan ;
Hinc miser exiuit qui piurima dampna subiuit
Abstulit omnc bonum sibi pars adu^rsa latronum.
Quos rccreas ihesu tarn sacri corporis esu
A uiciis munda sacrati sanguinis unda.
The original hand resumed :
Inc. Expositio Alleluia aput Caldeos 12
Alleluia est laus tibi soli. Allclui est laus tibi exercituum. Allelu est trinitati. Allel est laus tibi
fortis. Alle est laus lucis. All est laus pia. Al est laus. A est labarum.
Item ad (apud) Hebreos.
Al est laus tibi bcncdictus. Le est laus tibi aeternae. Lu est tibi laus lux lucis. la est laus tibi
inluminatio lucis. Qui nee tempore finiris nee adre noctis nubile tegcris rex aeternae gloriae.
Inc. Prcfatio glorie aput Caldeos.
Gloria est terra laudat Glori est terra magnificat Glor est terra miratur. GIo est terra tremuit in
laude. Gl est terra tibi deo exultat. G est terra.
Interprctatio psalm«j ex octo per singulas litteras.
A aleph dcus alleluia.
B beth filius.
r galem consolatia
J delech iudicium.
The Hebrew names are attached to the Greek letters. The alphabet ends :
Y sen uia recta.
^ tau mansuctus X Y U>.
Inc expositio omnium psalmorum.
I. Primus psalmus ad Christi pertinet personam ipse est perfectus qui numquam abiit in consilio
impiorum.
CL. Omnem medoliam (!) cythar; tube psalterii tympani organi et cymbalorum in laude dei spiritaliter
interprctandam esse.
Another paragraph :
Ibte psalmus cottidianus christiano n(e)cesse est qui castitatis cupit propositum custodire . . . quia fortitude
mea et laudatio mea dominus et factus est mihi in salutem. 15
Inc prefatio S. Hieronimi presbiteri 1$
Psalterium romc dudum positus (xxix. 1 17) . . .de purissimo fonte potare. Expl. prologus.
The R. margin of the leaf is cut off.
f. 15* is occupied by title, in large coloured capitals, with initial I, the length of the page:
In Christi no/mine i/incipit/psalte/rium ab Hie/ronimo/presbitero/translatum.
Beginning of the Psalter, in coloured capitals, with large initial 16
Beatus vir . . . non sedit.
Each Psalm is followed by an oratio. The first is: Eflice nos domine tamquam fructuosissimum
lignum, etc.
214 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The Psalter is divided into three fifties. Ps. li Quid gloriaris, f. 40, and ci Domine exaudi have large
frontispieces.
Titles are throughout in red uncials : when the title consists of several lines, the alternate lines are often
in black uncials, filled with colour — red, green, yellow.
ff. 48 and 55, containing parts of Pss. 68-70 and 79-82, are supplements of cent, xii, on whiter vellum,
in a pointed hand, with plain red initials.
Dixit dominus, Ps. cix, and Beati inimaadati, cxviii, have somewhat larger initials than the rest. Several
of the orationes in the latter psalm have been wholly or partly erased.
The R. margins of ff. 79-Hi have been cut away : on that of 8o» was a long note of cent, xii, of which only
a few letters remain.
After f. 84 a leaf is gone, with Psalms cxxxix-cxli (Lat.).
The Psalter ends on 88». The last oratio is : Armoniae nostrae suauissimum melos.
Colophon: Expliciunt Psalmi Dauid numero cl. Hie psalmus propria scribitur Dauid extra numerum
cum pugnauit cum Goliath :
Pusillus eram.
Oratio added later (xii) : Ekauditor deus omnium deus qui superbis resistis
Incipiunt Cantica S^*"
The orationes are added in the margin in the hand of cent, xii which has already appeared.
Part of the margin of 89 is cut away. The margin of 91 is filled with a long note (xii) referring to the
text {Audite celi), and beginning :
(A)ffert moyses diuersas ferculorum species, mel scilicet de petra, etc, and ending : sanguis est Christi
nulla peccatorum fece turbatus.
The title to Te Deum is : Ymnus quem S. Ambrosius et S. Augustinus inuicem ediderunt.
It is followed by : Hymnum angeli cantent (Gloria in excelsis)
Prophetia Zacharie ad matutinum canticum
Canticum (M)arie ad uesperum
Oratio Dominica secundum Matheum
Oratio Simbolum, the clauses numbered i-xii
Canticum Symeonis ad completam
Inc. Fides Catholica S. Athanasii Episcopi, 93''.
On 94'', in a not much later hand, are added :
Ymnus ad nocturnas domimicis diebus. Nocte surgentes.
Ad mat. Ecce iam noctis tenuatur umbra.
Incipt. Hymn. Cantic. Ambrosi Epi. hymnus dome nocte ad nocturnam 95
Primo dierum.
H. post Euuangelium. Te decet laus.
H. in matutinis laudibus. Aeterne rerum.
H. ad primam. Iam lucis . . . Nunc sancte . . . Rector potens . . . Rerum deus . . . Lucis creator . . . Te lucis ...
Christe qui lux . . . Sol angelorum.
Feria II. Somno refectis . . . Splendor patern? . . . Inmerise celi . . . Consors paterni . . . Ales diei . . . Telluris
ingens.
Fer. nil. Rerum creator . . . Nox et tenebre . . . Caeli deus.
Fer. V. Nox atra . . . Lux ecce . . . Magne deus.
Fer. VI. Tu trinitas . . . Aetema celi . . . Plasmator.
Fer. VII. Summe deus. .. Aurora iam.
\ Sabato. O lux . . . Deus creator.
\ Added early : H. in aduent. Domini. Conditor alme, 97''.
\Inc. Hymni ad matutinum de aduentu. ■ Vox clara. Verbum supernum 99
In Nat. Dom. Veni redemptor.
In\margin, in a fine small hand :
(X)pe redemptor omnium . . . (A)gno3cat omne seculum.
PSALTER OF ST. MAXIMIN 215
Inc. hymni in pascha Dom. ad mat. Te lucis auctor 99*
Ad uesp. in pascha dom. (Title apparently original, but text later : a note (xiii ?), Non canitur.) (V)ita
sanctorum decus angelorum 99
Old title obliterated : later title xii ? In pasca ad laudes ymnus. Aurora lucis lOO
In margin, in small hand : A solis ortus
And (xii-xiii) : In pasca ad noct. Rex eteme domine
H. ad tertiam (note : Non canUtur). Hie est dies ucrus del loo
Ad cenam agni, loo'*.
H. ad pentecosten. lam Christus astra. Last verse rewritten.
Margin, small hand : Veni creator.
H. ad festiuitatem S. Marie Virginia. Quern terra loi
S. loh. Bapt. Almi (corr. to -us) propheUe (-a).
In margin, small hand : Beata nobis gaudia . . . Ut queant laxis.
H. in Nat. App. Petri et Pauli. Apostolorum passi<} loi''
Margin : Cetcri tantum cecinere natum.
Below (xii : first words (Sidus solare reuehit) gone) . . . optata fcsta diei qua maria magdalene arcem
polonim Subiit.
Inc Hymni in festiu. SS. Martyrum. Aetcma Christ! loi''
de martyribus. Deus tuorum militum (neums added) 102
in nat. plurimorum SS. Rex gloriose martyrum.
Margin : Aurea luce . . . Exultet caelum.
(xii) Rex Christe martiris (1. martirum) decus.
Item H. ad {so) eadcm fcstiuitate martyris. Sanctorum mcritis inclita ica**
Martyr dei . . . Summc confessor.
Margin : Iste confessor . . . Ihesu redemptor.
A leaf lost here. f. 103 continues with :
Ihcsu corona uirginum . . . Uirginis proles.
Inc H. de Quadragesima. Dei fide qua uiuimus . . . Meridic orandum est . . . Ter hora trina uoluitur.
Sic ter quatcmis trahitur 103'*
H. de consccratione basilice. Eccc tc Christe ttbi cara semper.
Margin (xii) : Urbs beata ierusalem.
H. in anniuersario sacratione basilice. Christe cunctorum dominator 104
H. de aduentu dom. ad noct. Vox clara 104''
Added (xii ? with neums on a very roughly ruled four-line stave).
Grcgorius presul meritis ortuque ucnustus. Anglorum domino gentem peperit luculcntam. Remedium
prcstans magnum precibus miseror[or]um. Hie meritis redolendo sacris pius ac ucncrandus. Subueniat nunc
magnificus nostris quoque uotis. Eterne patric ciues fore quo mcreamur. Deo patri atque nato laus cum
sancto flatu sit Semper (et) per infinita scculorum secula. Amen.
Origirul hand : Inc. Cantica temporalia dominicas noctes. De Esaia propheta 104^
Domine miserere nostri.
Item de Esaia. Audite qui longe 105
In libro lesu (i.e. Ecclus.). Miserere domine plcbi tue.
De quadrag. de Hieremia propheta. Deducant oculi . . . Recordare . . . Tollam uos.
Inc. Cantica de resurrectione domini. in Oae^ prophet?. Quis est iste qui uenit 106
Item alia cant. Venite revcrtamur . . . Expecta me.
Item Cant. Temporalia per dominicae. Populus enim sion 106''
(Danihelis) Benedictus es domine deus. (lone) Clamaui.
Inc. Cant, dc aduentu domini. Confortate manus . . . Consolamini . . . Jurauit 107''
Margin : Ecce dominus in fortitudine.
Inc Cant, de natiu. domini. Populus qui sedebat . . . Lactare hierusalem 108
Margin : Haec dicit dominus redemptor.
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Urbs fortitudinis, io8''. Ecce seruus meus, 109.
Three additions, in three hands of cent, x, xi, follow 109
(a) Ora quando pro te ipso si cantas.
Liberator animarum mundi redemptor.
(l>) Auctor salutis unice.
(c) Audite me diuini fructus (Ecclus.). Gaudens gaudebo. Non uocaberis.
Original hand : Incipit Confessio ^09
Deus inestimabilis misericordie Deus inmense pietatis.. .ad sacramentum tue reconciliationis admitte.
Per I. C. unigenitum filium tuum . . . per inmortalia regnans sec. sec. Amen.
Oratio S. Marie matris domini. Sancta Maria gloriosa dei genetrix no''
„ D. I. C. fili dei aeterne qui sanas omnem languorem.
D. I. C. qui celum et terram fecisti m
Domine deus cui nulla latent occulta.
Domine deus creator omnium confiteor tibi omnia peccata in''
After this either 4 ot 2 leaves are gone : f. 1 1 2 begins in the Invocation of Confessors in the Litany :
Pauline, Mare, Castor, Lubenti, Goar, Castoli, Satori, Antoni, Machari, Pauline, Auente, Generose,
Feliciane, Daciane, Benigne, Patrici, Probi, Urbane, Galle, Uuilibrorde, Zotice, Rufe, Helie, Optate, Cyriane.
Sanctarum Uirginmn. Felicitas, Perpetua, Petronilla, Agatha, Lucia, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, Scolastica,
Regina, Tecla, Columba, Affra, Genoueua, Cristina, Eugenia, Agape, Euphemia, Eulalia, Helena, Basillissa,
Mustiola, Aldegundis, Radegundis, Brigida, Margarita, Susanna, Saturnilla, Sauina, luliana, Rufia, Seculina,
Nicia, Sotheris (112''), Regula, Geminiana, Podentiana, Martha, Magra, Gertrudis, Benedicta, Modesta,
Monagundis.
Among suffrages : Ut imperatorem conseruare . . . The two last are : Ut exercitum francorum conseruare
. . . Ut ei uitam et sanitatem atque uictoriam dones.
On 113% coL I, is added, in a pointed hand of cent, xii, the prayer :
Inclina domine aures tue pietatis.
This is the only collect attached to the Litany.
Incipiunt psalmi de poenitentia . numero . vii U3
(ps. vi) Domine ne in furore, etc. After v. 2, in red uncials : Kyrieleison • Pater nr • et preces (and so for
each Psalm). Then three verses of Psalms vi. 5 Domine conuertere ; xii. 4, 5 Respice; xviii. 13, 14 Ab occultis.
Oratio, Exauditor omnium.
Item alius ps. (xxxi) Beati quorum, followed by xxiv. 7-1 1 Delicta iuuentutis. Sancte domine qui
remis(s)is delictis.
Item. al. ps. (xxxvii) Domine ne in furore, followed by Ixviii. 6, 14, 17-19. Exorabilis domine.
Item al. ps. (cxxix) De profundis, followed by xxiv. 18 Domine Vide humilitatem, xxv. 9 Ne perdas.
Redime me domine et miserere mei sana animam (.xl. 5). Intendant quesumus domine.
Decoration. The book furnishes magnificent examples of the Continental-Celtic style of decoration.
No gold is used : the elements of the colour scheme are bright red, purple, black, green, yellow. The
rosettes and interlacings of the Celtic school are combined with acanthus-leaf, and foliage-terminations. Birds'
heads are a frequent feature.
The general appearance of the large pieces of ornament is light, bright, and gay.
The important initials are the following :
f. 8. Initial P to prologue. The loop of the P formed by a bird's body, bent backwards. The stem of the
P shows more traces of the classical style than the rest. In the loop and at the top and bottom of the letter
Celtic interlacings are used.
f. 12. A much smaller initial P.
On the margin of 14' is an outline .sketch of Christ or an Apostle, holding a book and blessing.
f. 15'' is wholly occupied by the title to the Psalter with initial I, the length of the page, the remainder
of the title being in capitals, which are outlined in ink and painted in colour. The stem of the I contains three
panels of exceedingly fine interlaced work. Small portions have been cut away with the /. margin,
f. i6» is occupied by the first words of the Psalter, with large initial B and text in capitals, filled with
PSALTER OF ST. MAXIMIN 217
colour: the first four lines consist of capitals drawn in double lines, as on 15''; the rest are written in ink and
the interiors filled with dabs of colour. The B is in a rather pale colour and has in the stem and loops
beautiful rosettes, as well as panels of interlaced work. Birds' or serpents' heads terminate the loops.
The initials to the Psalms have a slight amount of ornament : those to the verses are filled with dabs of
colour. Noticeable initials are on ad*" (Ps. xxvi), J9 (xxxi), 33 (xxxvii), 33'' (xxxviii), 37 (xlv).
f. 40 is occupied by the beginning of the second quinquagenary (Ps. li) with a splendid initial Q in the form
of a P facing to L.
Both the stem and loop of this contain splendid panels of ornament. The title and beginning of text are
in coloured capitals.
Noticeable among the smaller initials in this division arc those on 40'' (lii), 43 (Iviii), 45'' (JixW), 50 (Ixxii),
54" (Ixxix).
The initials on the two inserted leaves, 48 and 55, arc in red.
f. 64 is occupied by the beginning of the third quinquagenary (Ps. ci) with large initial D enclosing NE,
and with text in coloured capitals. This again is an extremely fine letter : but on the whole the palm must
be given to the initials on ff. ij*" and 40.
f. 71 (cix) has an initial rather larger than the ordinary: another important one is the B (of minuscule
form) on f. 74 {Beafi immaculati, cxviii): notice also f. 80 (cxxii), Sj*" (cxliii), Sq*" (Cantica), 95 (Hymai), 109"'
(Confessio). But these initials are markedly inferior in all cases to the latter ones.
I do not think anything would be gained from a more minute description of these decorative initials. Only
pictorial illustration can give an adequate idea of their very great interest and merit.
The condition of the book is good : some margins have been cut ofT, and the lower edges throughout bear
marks of constant use : but the vellum is sound and strong and the painting has not suffered from rubbing or
soiling.
References to the Canticles and Hymns will be found in the two volumes of the Rev. J. Mearns on
Canticles and Psalters.
117 (Crawford 134). PSALTER AND HORAE.
Vellum, 194 X 142 mm., ff. 3 + 254 + 4, 18 lines to a page. Cent, xiii, late (1280-1300),
very finely written in black ink. Gothic hand.
Old wooden boards, with fragments of dark blue or black velvet.
Collation, a* (i lining covcr) + 1, i* a* 3»-io* (wants 3) ii'-i8* (wants 4, 5) i9*-23* (wants 4, 5) 24' 35*
(wants 1) a6' (wants i, 8) a;* (wants i, 8) ah* (wants i) 39" (wants i, a, 8) 3c'-33* (wants i) 34' 35* (+ 1) : **
(3, 4 lining cover).
Within the cover the printed label of the Bibliotheca Bollandiana Bruxellcnsis (whence the volume was
purchased by Lord Crawford) with the date 1843. There is also a bit of paper inscribed : Statio S. Andreae.
On the fly-leaf : Philippus Wilhelmus, Cornea Palatinus.
This was Philip William of Neuburg, 168.5-90.
AT. i, ii have a most carefully written dedication in black letter, as follows :
Principibus nostris Illustrissimis Duci Gwilielmo: et Charissimo filio Duci Joanni : Ducibus Juliacen-
sium, Cliuiensium, Montensium, et cct. perpctua obseruantia ; ut patrie Patribus colendis, oblato hoc Psalterio
manuscripto diutumam vitam, ac fausta omnia a Jesu Christo (omnium bonorum bcnignissimo largitore) pre-
catur: Ecclcsie Beatissime Marie semper virginis matrb Jesu Saccllanus, lllustrissimae Cclsitudini ad omnc
obsequium semper paratissimus.
Anno reparatae salutis Millesimo Quingentcsimo Octogesimo sexto (i'5-8'6) Illustris: nostri senioris et
iunioris Ducum deuotissimus cliens loanncs Lewcnhcuwerus.
On the same page (ii**), in a late hand, is :
Ex liberali munificcntia Serenissimi Principis Elect. Palatini ad Rhenum possidet Collegium Soc: Jesu
Dusseldorpiense.
F f
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WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The pedigree therefore is, since the sixteenth century : Lewenheuwer, the Elector Palatine, the Jesuits of
Dusseldorf, the BoUandists of Brussels,
Contents :
Kalendar in red and black, in French, ff. 7, 8 blank
Psalter. The Cantiaim Ezechie follows Quid gloriaris
their proper place
Cantica, ending with Quicunque vult
Oratio b. Marie V. O intemerata
Memoriae of S. Augustine, Dominic, Mary Magdalene
Hours of the Virgin (ist leaf gone)
Hours of the Holy Ghost
Litany. (Memoria of St. Katherine, 241'')
Commemoratio omnium fidelium defunctorum
Prayer : O adonai domine deus magne et mirabilis
Ending 254' : inuocatum est nomen sanctum tuum super me mihi tam terribile et amabile omnibus diebus
nunc et ante secula. Amen.
254'' and fly-leaves blank.
Hours of the Virgin. Nine lessons at Matins :
Cant. Annae follows Exurgat, but they recur in
- 9
166"
177
179
180
221''
237"
242
251"
i. S. Maria uirgo uirginum.
vi-C
(uasi cedrus.
ii. S. Maria piarum.
vii. 0 beata maria.
iii. S. dei genitrix.
viii. Admitte.
iv. In omnibus.
ix. S
i, Maria succurre.
V. Et sic in syon.
Capitulum in Lands, gone.
Prime, Antiphon on Psalms. 0 admirabile.
Capit. Hec est uirgo.
Nones, „ „ „ Germinauit.
„ Gaude Maria.
Kalendar : not full.
Jan. 8. S. lucien et S. Julien M.
Sept. I.
Gille et S. leu.
Feb. I. bride.
4.
marcel.
16. iuliene vierge.
17-
lambert.
Mar. I. Aubin C.
25-
fremin.
17. ghertru vierge.
Oct. I.
remi.
Ap. I. Waleri abbe.
2.
ligier.
22. linuention saint denise.
9-
denise et ses compaignons, red.
28. uiel martyr.
II.
Nichaise le martyr, red.
May 13. Seruais ueske.
17-
florent.
June 8. Maart veske.
25-
Crespin etc.
25. eloi veske et C, red.
31-
Quentin le martyr, red.
July II. Le transl. S. benooit abe.
Dec. ] .
Eloy eueske, red.
18. ernoul M,
4-
Linuentions des reliques.
24. crestiene.
7-
fare uierge.
37. le transfiguration dieu.
II.
S. fuscien, S. gentien, S. Victorine M,
Aug. 9. romain le martyr.
14-
Nichaise, red.
19. phylebert.
i7-
Ladre M.
35. bernart abbe.
(Thomas ap. omitted.)
27. Giorge.
Litany : Martyrs. End with Quintin, Denis, Maurice.
Confessors. Silvester is written twice. Audoen . ,
, . Dominic, Jerome, Francis . . . Eligius, Remigius, V
Leonard, Germain (end).
Virgins. Genovefa . . . Brigida (last).
PSALTER AND HORAE 219
The suppliant is a female in the prayers : O intemerata and O Adonai.
There is a great deal of heraldry in the book, principally in the line-fillings (bouts de ligne), which contain
numbers of very small shields. I cannot attempt to enumerate these. The important ones are evidently those
which appear on the first page of the Psalter. And, of all the charges, the most frequently recurring ones are
two, of which many line-fillings are composed, especially in the latter part of the book. These are :
(a) Yaire {arg. and as.) alternating with h&rs gules.
{b) Or, a lion rampant sable.
In the cover is the following note, evidently by a BoUandist Father : ' Ce Psautier, suivi du petit office de
la S*. Vicrge, de I'Office du S. Esprit et de I'Oflficc des Morts, a ^t^ ^crit i" Pour un wallon ou franqais:
preuves (a) le calendrier est en fran9ais, (b) le mot reprise est r^p^t^ dans les offices i la fin. a° Pour une dame :
preuve I'oraison qui est a la fin au f^minin. 3" Ce/te dame appartettait au 2' ou j''*" ordre de S. Dominique:
preuves (a) dans les litanies de tous Its saints . . . S. Dominique vient immWiatement apr^s S. Augustin, (f))
apr^ le Psautier et les Cantiques on lit des oraisons * en I'honneur de S. Augustin, de S. Dominique et de
S. Marie Madeleine, {c) i I'Office des Morts souticnnent des Dominicains. 4° Dans qtiel diochc t Dans le
Calendrier on c^Iebre le 35 juin la translation de S. Eloi et le i" d^embre sa deposition : le 30 janv. S. Bathilde
reine. 1" f^vr. S. Bride vier^e. i" mars S. Aubin C. 17 mars S.Gertrude v. 1" av. S. Waleri abb6. 13 mai
S. Servais ^v. le 11 juillet transl. de S. Benoit. le 18 aoQt S. Arnould ^v. 19 ao(^t S. Philibert abb^.
1" sept. S. Leu. 4 sept. S. Marcel. 17 sept. S. Lambert. 16 oct. S. Florent. 7 d^c. S. Fare. 11 die
S. Fuscien- 14 S. Nicaise. 17 S. Ladre. 5". De quelle famille f Les armoiries fourmillent dans le livre et
aont tr^ varices. Les vraies armoiries semblent dtre ccUcs qu'on voit dans le signe des G^meaux au mdis
dcmai.
Nota bene. Dans le Calendrier on lit !e nom de S. Bernard, mais pas ceux de S. Louis, S. Francois,
S. Dominique. C'est done un vieux calendrier Latin traduit au xv* {') siicle en fran^ais.'
The Kalcndar is decorated on each page with a three-sided border starting from the initial KL at top,
and cofnpoaed of bands of gold, pink, and blue combined, which curve upward or downward at the outer end,
and have sharp cusps on their backs. Grotesques or animals or birds are often perched on the horizontal bands.
The Occupation of each month is in the initial KL. The Zodiacal sign in a medallion half-way up the
page. It is of burnished gold, and the figure is set within two interlaced squares of pink and blue, one being
set lozenge-wise.
Jon. Three-faced man at table, raising a cup to June, mows with scythe : in broad hat.
his mouth. Cancer, a crayfish.
Aquarius, in linen drawers, with a covered July. Reaps : in broad hat.
cup. Leo, by a tree.
Feb. Warms his hands and feet at a fire on R., Aug. threshes,
with a pot hung over it. Virgo.
Pisces. Sept. Treads grapes : hand to mouth.
Alar. Prunes a tree. Libra, held by a woman.
Aries. Oct. Sows.
Ap. A youth rides to R. with hawk on hand. Scorpius, pink, four-legged ; rather like a.
Taurus. small lion.
May. Like April, but holding a flower in each Nov. Beats oak for pigs.
hand. Sagittarius : centaur shooting back to R.
Gemini hold a shield, or, a lion rampant sa., Dec. Killing pig with back of axe.
a bend gtt. Capricorn : lower part a cornucopiae.
f. 9. Beatus uir. Full border; bands of gold, blue, and pink: gold balls on the colour. Many small
figures are perched about on it, thus:
Top from L., lion going to L. c, woman fighting lion. R., black and white dog by a rabbit-warren.
R., deer with gold antlers scratching his ear.
' A pencil note added : Les oraisons \ la S. Vierge el 4 S. Jean qui prdcident sent de S. Edmond. On les voit dans VOfficium
B.M. K. de Plantin.
F f a
220
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On L. two climbing lions.
At bottom, L., a knight in chain armour : red surcoat; spear, gold shield. A man on horseback holding
a gold helmet.
Two knights on horseback tilting at a maid in C, who holds up two red staves vertically.
On R. a woman beating with a distaff a lion who has a swaddled child in his mouth.
Further R. a centaur shooting back at a grotesque in the margin, which is cut.
The following shields are hung on the cuspings :
L. Vaire oiarg. and az., two bars^w., a bend or.
gu., a lion rampant arg.
or, a lion rampant sa.
R. gu., damaged.
Quite effaced.
gu., effaced.
The initial has an inner ground of gold : it is set on a dark red and blue ground, with dragons partly in
gold.
Above, in it, is David, bearded and crowned, playing a harp, with plectrum.
Below, David, as a boy, in red tunic, about to behead Goliath in chain armour, who falls on his knees on R.
The line-fillings contain admirable drolleries and animals as well as shields.
Of the initials to Psalms and verses, the former are normally in colour on gold, the latter in gold on colour.
Partial borders sometimes spring out of the Psalm initials : beasts, &c., are perched on these.
f. 28. Dominus illumiiiatio. Almost full border, with beasts.
Initial : gold ground. Samuel, on L., in peaked Jew's cap, blue mantle over red robe, anoints David seated
in C. Jesse, in Jew's cap, stands on R.
f. 49''. Dixi custodiam. Border. Initial : gold ground. David, bearded, as king, sits cross-legged and
points to his mouth. A brown devil, with small pink bat's wings, horns, and claws on his knees, stands on R.
{Dixit insipiens, gone.)
f. 81. Sahmin. Border on two sides only. Initial: dark red diapered ground above, lighter red below.
Above, Christ, half-length, with the globe (divided into three parts), blessing : below, David, crowned, nude,
in green water.
f. 99*. Exultate. Border. The initial has grounds partly gold, partly red, diapered. In c. a trefoil arch,
above which is an arcade of seven openings. Beneath it sits David, crowned, bearded, with red nimbus, playing
with two gold hammers on six gold bells. R. and L. are two narrow arches divided by a gold transom into
two stories. In each of the openings thus made is a figure. Four grotesques or beasts and four human — three
women and a youth.
f. 117. Cantate. Border. Initial: gold ground. Three coped bearded clerks sing from a book on
a desk. A very tall small vested altar on R., the Divine Hand above.
f. 131*. Dixit dominus. Border. Initial : gold ground. The Father and Son each in blue over red, each
blessing, and holding a red book, throned, nearly full-face : the Dove descends between them out of a cloud
(white, blue, and pink).
Hours of t/ie Virgin. The first leaf of matins is gone.
f. 193. Lauds. Border. Note a man seated on a stretched rope, with a hoop or circle of rope near him.
Initial : ground, dark blue and gold. Above, the Visitation, under an arch, on either side of which is an
angel.
Below, the Nativity, with Joseph at the foot of the bed on R., and the Child in a manger on a decorated
column in c.
f. 201''. Prime. Border. Initial : gold ground. Two shepherds on R., with short staves. Sheep and
dog on R., and a girl on a bank with bagpipe. The angel above has a scroll : (PUER) NATUS EST.
Tierce. First leaf gone.
f. 208. Sext. Border. Initial : gold ground. Herod, throned, on L., cross-legged. A devil at his
ear, another seizing his crown. Two soldiers before him, each with a pierced child. Limbs of dead children
and a mother lie below.
None. First leaf gone.
PSALTER AND HORAE 221
f. 2i2\ Vespers. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Presentation. Symeon, nimbed, on R., a cloth
over his hands. Tall veiled altar in C, over which the Virgin holds the Child (in red robe, blessing). • Maid
with doves (nimbed) on L.
f. 218. Compline. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Baptism of Christ, who stands in heaped-up
green water in c. John, in red mantle, on L. : an angel on R. holds the blue seamless tunic. This picture is
rather damaged.
f. 22I^ Hours of the Holy Ghost. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Annunciation under a trefoil
arch, with turrets above and red walls R. and L. Both figures stand. Gabriel's scroll has: AUE MARIA.
Between them is a whole fleur-de-lys in a blue vase.
f. 227^ Lauds. Border. Small initial : gold ground. The descent of the Holy Ghost. The group of
Apostles in blue and red occupies nearly all the field.
{..i2P. Prime. Border. Large initial : gold ground. Under a trefoil arch a beardless tonsured Apostle
(behind whom sits another) addresses a seated congregation on R. In C. the Dove descends, breathing flame.
f. 23l^ Tierce. Border. Initial : gold ground. On e.'ich side, a bearded Apostle. In C. a blue tub on
legs, in which are six nude figures about to be baptized. Above, the head of the Son is seen sending forth the
Dove.
f. 233. Sext. Border. Initial : gold ground. The disappearance of Christ at Emmaus. The two
disciples sit at table in surprised attitudes. The Dove descends between them, and above are seen the feet of
Christ ascending. Notu. First leaf gone
f. 234''. Vespers. Border. Initial : gold ground. Under a trefoil arch a group of six seated figures :
their heads damaged. Above, the Son sends forth the Dove.
f. 236. Compline. Border, with fine grotesques. Initial : gold ground. The Trinity represented very
much as at Dixit dominus, f. I3I^ Slightly damaged.
f. 237''. The initial to the Litany contains two small figures of angels. The line-fillings here are specially
conspicuous.
f. 24a. Office of the Dead. Border. Initial: gold ground. A coffin with pink diapered pall, surrounded
by six or seven candles. Three women on R. Clerk in surplice, with book, and cross-bearer in surplice to L.
There can be no doubt that the book is a produrt of North East France or Flanders. It is full of very
fine work.
A special study of the heraldry would no doubt be of interest. I regret that I cannot undertake it.
118 (Crawford 135). GREGORII MORALIUM, LIBRI XI-XVI.
Vellum, 361 X 271 mm., ff. 179, double columns of 25 lines. Cent, x-xi, in a large, very
slightly sloping, admirably clear, black minuscule. Written in Germany or Switzerland :
by two scribes.
Binding, old skin over boards with rounded edges. A saltire of incised double lines
connects the places where five metal bosses have formerly been on each cover. The two
clasps are broken off. On the second cover there has been a label, and there are also nail-
holes, perhaps for the attachment of a chain.
Rebacked and fly-leaves added in recent years.
Collation. \*-^ (3, 7 cane.) 6«-i3» i4« \t^ i6'-22' 23" (2 cane).
On f. I* (otherwise blank) is a modern circular stamp with the name W. Petersen. Also an unimportant
older scribble.
f. i"" is occupied by a title in two columns, mainly in tall red rustic capitals. The initial M of col. i is in
gold, filled mainly with green, and the first word, moralium, has all its other letters filled with gold.
In the same way, in col. 2 the words Liber and Pars have their letters filled with gold, and the initial L
has a mass of conventional foliage in gold. It is thus arranged :
Col. I. Mo/ralium/expla/natio/num b</ati gre/gorii pa/pae . in/Iob/pro/phetaw.
222 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Col. 3. Liber/ undeci/mus in/cipit/Pars/tertia/orditur.
Text. Q/ua7«/uis in pro/lixo opere/.
The initial Q is a mass of gold scroll-work edged with green, and with interstices filled with red : the
next two lines have their letters filled with gold : the next one is in red.
The text of Job is written in red throughout. The hand is perceptibly smaller on ff. ii, &c.
Lib. XII, f. 30. Initial in red outline.
Lib. -XIII, f. 57
Lib. XIV, f. 78" „
Lib. XV, f. 115
Lib. XVI, f. 147 „
Ending 179'': opitulante deo latius disserantur.
Colophon in red capitals (as for the other books).
Expl. liber sextus decimus • Pars tertia moralium beati Gregorii papae in lob prophetam.
■ The latter portion of the book is written by a second scribe, whose lettering is thinner and finer than that
of the first.
The style of the ornament in the initials may probably be taken as showing the latest form of Celtic
influence on the Continent. Work of a very similar kind may be seen in the Fitzwilliam MS. 27, a Benedictional
in which SS. Gallus and Afra are among the few saints commemorated.^
119. HAMELDON MISSAL.
Vellum, 217 X 145 mm., ff. 414, double columns of 34 lines. Cent, xv, early {cir. 1405),
in a fine, clear, tall hand: brown ink.
The condition, considering the trials through which the book has passed, is wonderfully
good. The rubricated portions have suffered most. The volume has been admirably
restored and bound in wooden boards, backed with seal-skin.
Purchased from Peach of Leicester.
Very little can be added by me to the excellent account of the manuscript by the Rev. Christopher
Wordsworth, M.A., the autograph of which is with the volume. Mr. Wordsworth has repeated it in somewhat
different form in Old Service Books of the English Church (Methuen, Antiquary's Books, n. d., pp. 175-86)
where a reproduction of the miniature of the Crucifixion is given.
The style of the two miniatures is good and characteristic, but not especially fine. The former of the two
(the Crucifixion) has a chess-board ground, the other (Christ, or the Father, in glory, with the emblems of the
Evangelists) a ground of stars on brown-red. lii the lower margin of each of these pages is a cross fleury,
originally in gold, much of which has flaked off.
120. MALOGRANATUS, LIB. III.
Paper, 297 x215 mm., flf. 2-^178-1-2, double columns of 44 Hnes. Cent, xv, fairly late,
in a good, clear, German hand.
Stamped leather binding over boards : clasps gone. Circular stamp of a six-petalled
flower, surrounded by a wreath of interlaced branches.
* This Benedictional, which in 1895 I was disposed to attribute to S. Gallen, has been shown by Dom G. Morin to be more
probably from Augsburg.
MALOGRANATUS, LIB. Ill 223
The covers are lined with a deed, of which part of the endorsement is visible.
In the cover is written : Liber domini hermanni drehus alias halffwassen presbiteri.
Also: Hoc volumen cum aliis dedit dominus hermannus halffwassen vicarius maioris ecclesie mon
(? Monasterii = Miinster) post mortem suam domui Castri Marie prope dulmaniam ord. Cartusiensis. Qui fuit
ad plures annos deuotus hospes et receptor omnium ad se venientium ex domo ista. Obiit anno domini
m'.cccc". xcvi. Oretur pro eo ut bene meruit.
Diilmen is near Miinster in Westphalia.
There is also a sketch of part of a figure of Christ.
Collation, a* i"-i5'* (wants 11, la blank) 3*. a and b are modern fly-leaves.
Contents :
Inc. Registrum tertii libri Malogranati : De statu perfectorum Capitula (50).
Filius. Postquam igitur informatus sum a te pater dc statu proficiencium i*
Cap. 50 ends 178'': ad que incnarrabilia bona etcme glorie pcrducat nos d. n. I. C. qui cum patre et
spiritu sancto viuit et regnat deus per infinita secula scculorum. Amen.
The author, who lived about 1370, was Callus, Abbot of Konigsberg (Aula Regia), near Prague. The
work was printed in 1476 (Cologne), 148 1, 1487, &c.
12L VIRGILII AENEIS.
Vellum, 242 X 185 mm., ff. 2 + 124, 33 lines to a page. Cent, xiv-xv, early, in a good,
clear, Italian Gothic hand.
Old binding, skin over boards. Thirteen small metal studs are on each cover, and
3-line fillets connect them. Two clasps: the metal terminations of the straps have Aue
upon them, and the pieces of metal into which they fasten have a Lamb with flag.
Collatum. a* (1 lining cover) i*-i5* | gap j i6* (4 lining cover, 5, 6 gone).
Formerly Phillipps MS. 18160: lot 1 131 in sale of 1 898 : the name of Payne is pencilled inside the cover.
There is also a catalogue number 589a.
On the fly-leaf are some inscriptions :
(a) At top: Yh« : 1509.
iui>anus • na • num • acostumado.
{b) Hie liber (s. uirgilius) est gcntilli de spoluerinis filii q. dominT Simeonis de spolu. Qui manct in
uico scti petri in (rewritten) eimoviis vale.
(c) (Smudged) Questo libro c de missrr Donis . spoluerl . . . i« le pitte/f. . cu francesco spoluerin.
Below, a device : d : D sp. Below, the same device with an S in
(J) A beast transfixed by an arrow, and mo^to : ferito el core.
On 1 13^ in a later hand (xvi) :
Questo.libro si e de mi Camilo spoluerini de
Contia
la Corva disa» pero in cartalo
Chil carese per ue«tura simen dese scgedara, etc.
On iaa»: A di 19 marzo- 1556 -mi Camilo spoluerini et mio fratelo donise andere alia scola de misero
daniel chc ticn scola in sul corso apreso a san lorenzo.
On i^ in a fifteenth-cent Italian hand, are written the lines:
I He ego qui quondam, etc
And at the top of f. i, in a similar hand, the epitaph :
Mantua mc genuit, etc.
The Aeneid begins at once, without title. There has been a large coloured initial and partial border : but
these have been to a great extent washed out, as is the case with most of the ornament in the book.
Lib. Ill,
a4^
IV,
35".
V,
a6\
VI
,60.
VIL
.74-
VIII
,87.
IX,
,98-
X, IIo^
224 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
A late fifteenth-cent, hand has drawn a pretty half-length figure in Italian dress in the initial, facing R.
Lib. II, f. la*, with argument (10 lines) :
Conticuere omnes. turn sic fortissimus heros
sotios in monte repertos.
Arg. Post euersa frigum.
Uritur in quarto. The book has a fairly well-preserved initial. »,
Quintus habet ludos.
Queruntur sexto manes.
Septimus eneam reddit.
Properat (!) octauo bellum.
Hostis habet pugnas. Initial well preserved.
Occidit enee decimo. „ >,
The book ends imperfectly with f. 120 :
. . . stridentemque eminus hastam (1. 645).
Conijcit (catchword).
The whole of XI is wanting, and XII, up to 1. 899, Vix illud lecti (121).
Ending lai'': . . . sub umbras.
Expl. liber uirgilii. deo gratias. amen.
In a fifteenth-cent, hand, crossed out : Finite libro refferamus gratias cristo.
Quis michi furatur tribus lignis associatur.
On laa*", in a late fifteenth-cent, hand, are two sets of one-line arguments to the books :
{a) Eneas primo libie (-cis) appellitur horis.
{b) Primus habet libicam ueniant ut troes in urbem.
There are some interlinear glosses and a few marginal notes in more than one hand. They do not seem
to be of interest.
122. NOVUM TESTAMENTUM.
Vellum, 210 X 145 mm., if. 74, double columns of 63 and 61 lines. Cent, xiii, in two
very good small hands. Blue and red initials, roughly flourished.
Modern black morocco binding by Rivingtons.
Has the book-plate of Charles Lilburn.
Collation, i'^ a^2 3" 4"-<5".
From Evesham Abbey, as will appear.
A slip from a recent bookseller's catalogue (perhaps that of Mr. Peach, of Leicester) is inserted, in which
this book is no. I.
Contents:
Prol. in Matheum.
Beatissimo pape damasso
Matheus ex iudea (other prolL as usual).
Evv.
Acts. Lucas antiocensis
f. 38^ Blank.
Paul. Epp. No proll. until Gal. Then the ordinary arguments.
Cath. Epp. Non est ita ordo. No other proll.
Apoc. Apoc. loh. tot habet
Then follows, in another hand, beginning on 65'', on the same page as the end of Apoc, the Interpreta-
tiones Nominum from Masrecha to Zuzim, in 4 columns to a page.
NOVUM TESTAMENTUM
225
f. 74 was blank. There are scribbles on it of cent, xvi-xvii :
Liber Samuelis Kenricke Artium Baccalaur(ei) Aedis Christi ex dono.
At the end of the Interpretationes, in later hand (xiv, late ?) is :
Liber mon. beate marie sanctique Egwyni ep. et confessoris Eueshamie. Quicunque ilium alienauerit
vel hunc titulum furtiue deleuerit Anathema sit. Amen. Johannes Norton Junior.
There are a good many marginal notes in various hands.
123. MISSALE.
Vellum, 375 X 260 mm., ff. 341, double columns of 30 lines. Cent, xv, early, in fine
Italian Gothic hand : ink brown in many parts of the book.
Massive modem binding.
Collation. Kal.« i«»-9'» io» iiW-14" 15" (wants la) le'^-ai" aa« a3"-34>''.
Two folios have been numbered 3a7.
The volume contains the recent book-plate of Jonathan Peckover. Also on the fly-leaf is a recently
pencilled name :
H. H. Warner, Tumford, n' Broxboume, Herts.
And at top of f. i, somewhat older, but of cent xix :
C. K. Macdonald.
Contents :
Kalendar in red and black i
Inc. missale fratrum ordinis beate marie de montc carmeli : extractum et excerptum de approbato usu
dominici scpulcri sanctc ierosolimitane ccclesie. In cuius finibus dictorum fratrum religio sumpsit exordium 7
(Proper of Time : i Sun. in Adv. to 25 Sun. aft. Pent, followed by Rubric : qualiter officia dominicalia
ante aduentum sec. diuersa tempora sunt dicenda (319*), and In dedicatione ecclesie (aao)).
Inc. sanctorale siue offitium de Sanctis
From St. Maur to St. Thomas Apostle.
Expl. sanctorale per anni circulum. deo grattas. amen.
Below, xpj.
Inc. Comune officium de Sanctis
Inc misse uotiue et primo de S. trinitate per annum comuniter ofHcium
Office of the Virgin for the )'ear, 326,
Inc orationes uotiue . et primo pro domino papa (famulum tuum .J.)
Missa pro dcfunctis
Inc. orationes pro dcfunctis tarn in generali quam in speciali
Ad benedicendum panem, 337. Bcncd. omnium fructuum,— agni, 337.
Missa ad sponsam, 337*, ending with Boned, annuli, 339''.
Mass for St Albert, in a later hand, 339" (34c).
Mass contra paganos, in a third hand, 34c (341).
The verso blank.
In the Kalendar :
aaa
300
3aa
33a
334
Jan. 30. Mathie ep. et c.
31. Geminiani Ep. ct m.
Feb. 3. Blaxii ep. m., in red.
6. Vcdasti et Amandi.
18. Symonis ep. m., in red.
Mar. I. Albini ep. C.
Mar. II. Quadraginta mm., in red.
18. Alexandri ep. m., /// red.
Ap. 3. Ricardi ep. C, in red.
4. Ambrosii ep. C, in red.
May 4. Quiriaci ep. m., in red.
June 8. Mcdardi et Gildardi.
G g
226
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
June 13. S. Antonii C,
July 26. Anne matris gloriose V.
27. Marthe V., in red.
Mary Magdalene has Octave in red.
Aug. 5. Dominici C.
6. Transfig. domini, semiduplex, in red,
- 7. Donati ep. m.
23. Zachei Ep. C.
25. Ludouici rex francorum {so)
27. Riiffi m., in red.
28. Augustini ep. C, dupl., in black. Her-
metis m., in red.
Sept. I. Egidii abb., in red.
13. Mauritii ep. C.
17. Lamberti Ep. C. Victoris added.
25. Cleophe m.
Oct. I. Remigii, Germani, Vedasti, in red.
2. Leodogarii M.
4. Franc isci C, in red.
6. Sanctorum patriarcharum.
7. Justine V. de padwa, in red.
Denis & 11,000 W., in red.
2g. Narcisci Ep. C.
Nov. 20. Eadmundi reg. et m.
Dec. 1. Eligii ep. C, in red.
5. Sabbe abb.
7. Ambroxii Ep. C, added in red.
8. Conceptio V. M., totum duplex, added in
Hack.
17. Lazari ep. m., in red.
29. Thome archiep., semid., in red.
In the Litany, f. 135 : Martyrs end with Thoma, Eadmunde.
Confessors with Antoni, Egidi, Alberte, Francisce, Dominice.
Virgins, &c. : Anna (i), Martha (3) : the last are Thecla, Scolastica, Apolonia.
In the sanctoral, the Three Patriarchs (281'') have a full office.
Almost a whole line in the rubric of Conceptio B. V. M. (297) is erased.
I should judge that the book belonged to a house of the Order (Carmelite) in North Italy, perhaps at
Padua.
Decoration. There is a great deal of extremely fine pen-ornament in the smaller initials throughout the
book, in red and purple ink.
Besides this, there are historiated initials and borders.
f. 7 has a border on three sides, composed mainly of massive conventional foliage. In the lower margin
are three detached medallions, as they may be called, roughly in quatrefoil form. Those on R. and L. contain
kneeling figures of Carmelites. That in c. has a shield ; argent, a scaling ladder azure, per bend dexter. This
has an outer frame of gold arabesque.
The fruits of the foliage are in hatching of gold lines, and a quatrefoil in the upper margin has a frame
of gold arabesque.
The initial, like most of those which follow, has a dark blue ground, with fine and sparse white flourishing.
It represents David, half-length, crowned, in scarlet, facing R., and holding up a swaddled infant (his soul : Ad
te Icvavi animam mearti). Christ, half-length, in the sky.
f. 18. Christmas. The Nativity. The Child lies in the wattled manger (ox and ass by), under thatched
rcof, supported on four uprights. Outside this shed, in front, the Virgin and Joseph kneel, facing each other.
1^. Epiphany. Large decorative initial.
26*. „ The three kings in plain robes of scarlet, green, and pale purple on L. The Virgin and
Child, seated on R., under roof. Rocks behind Joseph, in r. corner in front.
26''. Initial unfinished : the gold only put in.
93". Decorative initial : others on 100'', &c., 114.
A leaf before 156 is gone. It had evidently a full-page painting (of the Crucifixion) : a faint set-off of
a shield is to be seen on the lower margin of 156.
156'. Canon of the Mass. Priest, in pink chasuble, elevating the Host, the server is a Carmelite.
j6o*. Easter. Christ, with Resurrection Cross, and shroud about Him, steps out of the tomb : three
soldiers sleep in front.
174. Ascension. Christ, half-length, on cloud, ascending with raised arms facing R. Two demi-angels
R. and L. Apostles below. The Virgin not seen.
Another initial, with man in scarlet robe and curious cap, praying.
MISSALE 227
180. Pentecost. Group of twelve Apostles below. Dove above. White lines proceed from it.
Another initial, with grotesque bird.
188. Trinity. Italian Trinity. The Dove between the head of the Crucified Son and that of the Father.
189''. Corpus Christi. Priest, elevating the Host, in scarlet chasuble, with green cross. Server, with
candle, in white.
332. Proper of Saints. St Maurus. Bearded bishop, in scarlet cope over white, holding blue book and
crozier.
338. Presentation. Temple, with three gables. Symeon on R. of altar, with attendant. Virgin and
Joseph on L. Small figures.
^SS*"- A""""'^'^^'°"- Interior of a room. Gabriel kneels on L., with pink wings spread upwards. A table,
with open book in c.
Another initial : a nimbed prophet or apostle, with scroll.
346^ John Baptist : half-length, facing R., with scroll, in purplish habit over pale pink.
249^ Peter, in purplish robe, led to R. by angel in <i'hite, with gold square on breast. Not full-length.
266. Assumption. The Virgin, half-length, with a ring of five half-length angels with coloured wings
about her.
Another initial. The Virgin lies dead on a brtl covered with red, with crossed hands. Behind are three
pairs of angels with coloured wings and holding lighted candles. The members of each pair face each other.
370^ Decollation of John Baptist Two decorative initials.
273^ Nativity of the Virgin. In a room, Anne, in bed, sitting up. She is in red, the coverlet of the bed
is blue. Behind the bed a woman holds the Virgin, swaddled and nimbed. Another holds a basin with a jug
in it. In front, a tub.
Decorative initial on 273, also on 374 (Michael) and 279*".
287*. All Saints : a group of eleven saints, including John Baptist with scroll, Peter, Paul.
300. Common of Saints. A nimbed and bearded Apostle, not quite full-length, in purplish robe over
red, holding a book.
There are several handsome decorative initials in this section.
The work is good. The best pages are perhaps ff. i» and 266'. A fine specimen of pen-work is on
I36»: but there are many others as good as this in the book.
A fairly close parallel, in general style, is afforded by the Fitzwilliam MS. no. 30, which is also a Missal.
124. GREGORII PASTORALE, &c.
Vellum, 188 X 135 mm., ff. 72, double columns of 37 lines. Cent, xiv, early, in a good,
upright Gothic hand, perhaps Italian. Initials in blue and red alternately with flourishing
counterchanged, also in red and blue.
Modern paper boards. 2 fo. dedi.
Priced at £6 10s.
CoUatum. i"-6".
Content i :
I. Inc. capitula librf pastoralis Gregorii papc (Ixxvii. 13) i
Inc. pastorale b. Gregorii pape primi
Reuerentissimo . . . leandro cocpiscopo . . . te custodiat reuerentissime frater. Expl. prologus.
Inc. primum capitulum
Pastoralis cure me pondcra fugere
End& f. 46'' : tui me mcriti manus leuet. Expl. pastorale b. gregorii pape.
The ink on this and the following page has suffered.
C g 2
b
228 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
2. Epistola Senece de moribus ad Lucilium 47
Omne peccatum actio . . . hii enim singulos timent illi uniuersos.
Expl. ep. senece de moribus.
3. Seneca de iiii""" uirtutibus cardinalibus seu politis 4^
Quatuor uirtutum species . . . impinguat ignauiam.
(Really by Martinus Dumiensis.) v
There are some marginal notes here in a rough hand.
4. Versus de formula honeste uite (13) 49**
Ecce tibi morum speculum propono bonorum
Obsequiis instes ea pro te premia poscant.
5. Inc. liber b. Bernardi de cognitione hominis interioris 50
(usually called Meditationes Bernardi) (clxxxiv. 485).
Multi multa sciunt
A band of saw-edged ornament in red and blue borders the first column.
Ends : unum eundertique glorie dominum qui uiuit et.regnat in eternum et ultra.
6. Bernardus in libro de xii gradibus humilitatis 58''
Ego sum uia que ad ueritatem duco . . . et contemptus incurritur. Expl.
f. 60'' is blank.
7. Inc. ystoria barlaam et iosaphat 61
Cum cepissent monachorum multitudines congregari . . . et eos uirtutibus et donis magnificat gloriosis.
Cui soli honor et gloria in sec. sec. Amen. Expl. ystoria.
An abridgement, not identical with that in the Legenda Aurea (cap. 180). Several similar abridgements
are described by Ward, Catalogue of Romattces II. laSsqq.
After the text on ya** has been a later inscription, erased. The last words seem to be:
de monasterio B" (or S")
Petri oric ... em
Mediolani. (This last word is certain.)
125 (R. 5983). TESTAMENTA XII PATRIARCHARUM.
Vellum, 320 x230 mm., ff. 16, double columns of 41 lines. Cent, xiii late, or xiv early:
in a very good black hand. Apparently from Switzerland.
A single quire of 16 leaves in a pasteboard cover.
On the fly-leaf is the name of Ge. Veesenmeyer Ph. St.
Ulmae 1784 m. Aug.
and some notes by him on the editions of the book. Among these :
Plura de auctore et hocce Test. Cod. disserui in Commentatione peculiari de auct. et Cod. msto. Test,
xii. Patr. Altorfii 1787 conscripta edita in libello nostro Beitrage i. 92.
There is a slip from a recent French book-catalogue in the cover. Cp. Phillipps sale of 1895, lot 1109.
f. I is blank, with the exception of two late titles.
Testamenta xii'^'™ patriarcharum translata de greco in latinum per dominum lintolliensem (!) episcopum a
Testamentum ruben de hiis que in mundo habentur.
The initial T is remarkable, in blue, with rosettes in the stalk of it, and saw-ornament in red and blue
extending down the page. Subsequent initials are in red or blue, with flourishing.
The Test. Beniamin ends f. 15" : usque ad diem exitus eorum ex terra egypti. Explicit.
On 15'' there are two Tables, to the Vitae Patruvt, and to Innocentius de miseria htimaiiae condiiionis, in
a different hand. *
TESTAMENTA XII PATRIARCHARUM 229
(a) Hec tabula pertinet in uitas patrum. Accidia . . . Voluntas. Expl. tabula in vitas patrum gtti liber
est Omuentus fratrum ordinis predicaiorum Turicensium (of Ziirich). The italicized words have been washed
out.
(b) Ista tabula pertinet ad ilium librum qui intitulatur de miseria hominis. Affectio . . . Vita.
Liber de miseria hominis inuenitur in fine huius uoluminis.
The quire before us seems, then, to have been prefixed (or subjoined) to a much larger volume.
126 (R. 8023). AUGUSTINI REGULA.
Vellum, 215 X 148 mm., ff. 1 + 79; 19, 20 and 24 lines to a page. Cent, xv (1478), in
a large, clear, Gothic hand, on ruled ink lines, written in Germany.
Old brown leather binding over wooden boards.
Formerly in the library of the Duke of Sussex (VI. H. i. 8), no. 145, p. 196 in Pettigrew.
On the fly-leaf (xviii): Ad Bibliothccam ordinis S. Crucis ad S. Agatham 1756.
The cover is lined with a leaf of a late service-book, in double columns, unrubricated.
Collation, i fly-leaf. 1" a*-9' 10" (wants 6).
I. Inc. rcgula b. Augustini Yponensis episcopi (xxxii. 1377, &c.) 1
Ante omnia fratrcs carissimi diligatur dcus . . . et in tcmptacione non inducatur.
Expl. rcg. b. Aug. Ypon. ep.
3. Inc Commentum Hugonis super regulam li
Hec prccepta que subscripta sunt ideo regula appeilatur.
This section has a pretty initial.
Ends 77*: non inducatur. Amen.
Expl. comm. Hugonis super regulam bcati patris nostri Augustini Yponensis episcopi.
Anno d.n.I.C. M.C.C.C.C.lxxviii. Finitus est libellus iste per manum fratris henrici de calker. In
fcsto sanctorum scptcm fratrum.
Marginal note in the hand which wrote the inscription on the fly-leaf:
NB. henr. Kalkcr alias Riddcr postulatus Prior in domo pontis (pr montis) Cocli obiit 14 9'"'* a" 1583.
ff. 78, 79. Blank.
127 (R. 8022). HORAE (SARUM).
Vellum, 201 X 145 mm., ff. 149, 16 lines to a page. Cent, xiv (middle), in a good, upright,
narrow hand.
Binding, brown calf of cent. xix.
On the fly-leaf: Presented by D! Benficld Hickie to T. A. Beck, 11 Dec, 1844.
Collation. Impracticable, from the many gaps and tight binding.
On f. 1', in a later hand, the prayers: Ineffabilem misericordiam and Pietate tua. \^. Blank.
Kalendar in French, in black and red : few entries a
O intcmerata, imperfect 14
The Fifteen Oo's of St. Birgitta, imperfect 1 6
Sequences of the Gospels aa*
Hours of the Virgin. (Use of Sarum) 26
Memoriae in Lauds. John Baptist, Stephen, Peter and Paul, Nicholas (gap), Mary Magdalene, Margaret.
230 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On f. 49 one is added (xv, late) for St. William of York :
O Wyllelme pastor bone cleri patris (-er) et patrone mundi nobis in agone confer opem et depone vite
sordes et corona celestis da gaudia. Ora
Deus qui b. Wyllelmum inter confessores tuos et multis miraculis decoratum virtute constancie contra
fluctus seculi coroborasti tribue nobis quesumus ut eius meritis et precibus a gehenne incendiis liberemur.
Seven Psalms and Litany ^ 67
Psalms of Degrees, 81. This quire is in another hand ; the Psalms are followed by :
Salutations to Christ (Aue I. C. uerbum patris), St. Anne (Gaude felix Anna).
Aue I. cruciate. Deus qui manus tuas.
Aue et gaude S. maria gloriosa.
O pia dei genitrix. Patriarcharum (Martyrum (?)) et prophetarum numerus
Cum omnibus apostolis delete noxam criminis.
Of St. Christopher : Hie Ihesus est testis ubi cristoferus memoratur.
Vis famis aut pestis mala mors ibi non dominatur
Non homo nee pecora qui vi subiunt grauiora
Sic dedit absque mora tua nox (uox) sibi mortis in hora
Christophori sancti speciem quicumque tuetur
Illo nempe die nullo langore tenetur
Christophori speciem quacunque die reuereris
Sertus habeto diem subito quo non morieris
Pensa qui transis hinc christoforis pius an sis
Si non fac ut sis. Christum fer mente velud sis
Martir Christofore pro saluatoris honore
Fac nos mente fore dignos deitatis am ore
Promisso Christi quia quod petis optinuisti
» Da populo tristi bona que moriendo petisti
Confer solamen et mentis toUe grauamen
ludicis examen fac mite sic (sit) omnibus. Amen.
V. Gloria et honore, etc. Or. Concede . . . ut qui beati Christofori martiris tui memoriam agimus, etc.
On 89'', in another hand : Stella celi extirpauit, etc.
Office of the Dead 90
Commendationes 117
A late invocation of St. Erasmus scribbled on 131^
Psalter of Jerome 133
Followed by Collects : ending 149''.
The Kalendar is of Rouen, I think. Fei. S. Austreberte. May 10 transl. S. Laurens, ^une 2 Mar-
cellin, 19 Gervais (red). July 3 Marcial {red). Aug. Taurin, Phillibert, Viuien. Sept. Cuthbert. Oct.
Edouart, Mellon, Remain {red). Dec. 30 Ursin.
The Litany gives very few invocations : Martyrs include Gervase and Protase. Confessors Taurinus and
Romanus. Virgins Genovefa.
The decoration of the book has suffered a good deal from use, and many of the pictures have disappeared.
Those which remain are not of very good execution. They have full borders of coloured imaginary foliage,
filled in with line and leaf work.
I. f. 26. Matins. The Annunciation, in a room, with coloured vaulting. Gabriel, on R., with scroll.
A small angel, on L., pulls aside the curtain of the canopy by which the Virgin is kneeling.
3. f. 38. Lauds. The Betrayal. Malchus and Peter on R.
3. f 49^ Prime. Christ before Caiaphas (whose head is obliterated).
4. f. 60. Vespers. The Deposition. Gold ground. Pattern of squares and quatrefoils in black. The
Virgin on L. One man supports the body : one detaches the feet : a third on a ladder.
5. f. 6a^ Covipline. The Entombment. The body still bears the crown of thorns. The Virgin, John,
and Magdalene, besides Joseph and Nicodemus, are present.
HORAE (SARUM) 231
6. f. 90. Office of the Dead. Funeral in choir: priest at altar: retable of crucifix, the Virgin (and John).
Two rows of mourners.
7. f wf". Commendations. Two Angels bear up a cloth filled with souls. The Father above, half-
length, in a ring of seraphs.
The name Jhon Leuesone is scribbled on 147''.
The book was written, I suppose, at Rouen, for English use, and owned by a Yorkshire family (of. the
Memoria of St. William).
128 (R. 10168). LEGENDA AUREA.
Vellum, 262 X 185 mm., IT. 293, double columns of 36 lines. Cent, xiv, in a good,
clear, Italian Gothic hand.
Bound in plain calf.
On the fly-leaf: J. J. Conybeare A.M. Ex Aedc X** Oxon: Al(umni) et in Acad. L(inguae) A(nglo)
S<axonicae) P(rofcssoris) 1K89.
Subsequently it was Phillipps MS. 3779 : no. 1 133 in the sale of 1898.
Collation. 1" (wants i) a"-i6" (misbound, 3-10 precede i, a: 11, la follow i, a) i7'*-33" 24* 25".
Contents :
lacobi de Voraginc Legenda A urea.
Wanting the prologue. It begins in the Table 1
de tempore peregrinationis
de S. Urbano (f. 113*)
and ending : De dedicationc ecclcsie (f. 273).
Text begins : de aduentu domini 1'
Aduentus domini per iiii" septimanas agitur.
Comparing the contents with the edition of Th. Graesse (189c : 3rd ed.), I find that the following legends
are omitted :
De S. Sophia et tribus filiabus eius Gr. no. 48, p. 303.
De S. Timotheo Gr. no. 53, p. aaa.
De S. Fabiano Gr. no. 64, p. 391.
Dc S. Apollonia Gr. no. 66, p. 293,
all of which are very short : and also
Dc S. Francisco Gr. no. 149, p. 663,
which ia entered in the Table, but erased. There arc some marginal additions, e. g. for St. Agatha. In
De Pelagiq papa (f. 3K4 sqq.) the archetype was defective. Omissions have been supplied to some extent in the
margins. This is the last chapter in our MS., ending 293 : sedes imperii usque hodie uacat (Gr., p. 844).
The decoration of the volume is in no way remarkable.
129 (R. 15077)- DEVOTIONS.
Vellum, 130 x90 mm., ff. 123, 15 and 20 lines to a page. Cent, xv, very well written,
black ink.
Old black stamped leather binding : modern purple velvet wrapper.
Collation. \\ wants 8) 3*- 1 5* 16*.
232 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
In the cover, a note on writing of numerals :
Primo loco signat (or figurat) se.
Secundo „ centies se, etc.
and the date : 1568.
On I", otherwise blank, Meditationes and the distich : Si qua sede sedes, etc. (xvi).
Part I. Table of Easters , v ^
Kalendar, in red and black 2
Seven Penitential Psalms, Psalms of Degrees, Litany 8
Office of the Dead 3*
Commendation of Souls 7*
Part II. In smaller script, but by the same hand.
Inc. prefatiuncula versificata in quasdam motiuas meditaciones ex sacre scripture et sanctorum sententiis
compilatas presertim ex sententiis b. Augustini, b. bernardi et ven. anselmi que scripte sunt ad quendam
monachum anachoritam 88
Residet in cella cupit hostes vincere bella
Armaque tranquilla parat -w- sibi rithmica villa
Munera tantilla bona sunt bene diligit ilia
Si tepidus fueris hec viua voce loqueris
Cum solus steteris hoc scriptum tunc mediteris
E ris stimulus bonus . . . . ris
Laus saluatoris venie spes motus amoris
(S)i vis gaudere peccata vel tua flere
Sic anima tristi meditetur passio Christi
Forteque post fletum faciet cor gracia letum
Hoc opus impletum tres partes continet in se
Prima parat fletum spem proxima prouocat in te
Tercia languorem paciens exquirit amorem.
Inc. I* pars compunccionis excitatiua.
Memento miser homo quod cinis es.
Pars II. Memor fui dei, f. 104.
Pars III. Memento mci deus, f. 1 14''.
Ending 133*: quia tuo amore langueo. Amen. Expl.
Some sixteenth-cent, scribbles in the last cover.
The Kalendar and Litany appear to be purely Sarum. The Kalendar has David and Chad, but not
Winifred. Erkenwald is on Nov. 14 and 30 Apr.
130 (R. 15376). REGISTRUM BREVIUM.
Vellum, 254 X 190 mm., ff. 16, 33 lines to a page. Cent, xiv, late, in a good law hand.
Modern pasteboard cover.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 22242, lot 642 in the sale of 1908.
Two quires of eight leaves.
Part of a Registrum Brevium.
On f I", otherwise blank :
Inc. Kalendare Registri Judicialis per quod inuenicntur de facili omnia breuia in eodem contenta.
Imprimis breue quando vicecomes retornat quod quis non inuenit pleg' de persowa Sicut alias et Plur'
et attach ' scilicet folio primo xi".
Breuia de distringas Sicut alias et plur' Et non omittas propter libertatem.
REGISTRUM BREVIUM 233
• This Is the beginning of a table, of which no more was written : i*" blank.
The Briefs begin on f. 2. Quando vicecomes mandat quod inuenit pleg'. Ricardus d. g. . . . vie. lincoln. . . .
Quia Johannes de Molynton.
The last Brief is : Thesaurar. et Camerariis de Scaccario ad scrutand. pedes finium, etc. It ends imper-
fectly f. I6^
131 (R. 15377)- SERMONS, ETC.
Vellum, 190 X 125 mm., ff. 145, varying numbers of lines and columns. Cent, xiii,
several volumes.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 3738, lot 664 at the sale of 1908. Previously belonged to the
Abba Allard.
On f. I (xv) is Bcate Marie bone** and other later scribbles. The book is from the Cistercian Abbey of
Bonne-Combe, dioc. Rodez. On f. 83 is an earlier inscription : Liber See M* Bonccbe.
CoUatioH. a', i* a^-S'" 9* | io"« (wants 5, 6, 10) | n« (wants 4-6) | la* (wants 5, 6) | 13" iV (wants
8-10) I I5«i6»| 17" 18 (three).
On 1' is the end of a description of the Holy Places (xiii) :
-tria (?) ciuitatis est locus ubi sanctus petrus plorauit postquam Christum negauit. Contra septentrionem
extra portam ciuitatis est locus ubi s. stephanus fuit lapidatus. ita constructe sunt omnes orationes in ierusalem.
et ego testis qui uidi. et hunc paniissimum titulum scripsi.
l^ Blank.
1. 34 lines to a page. Cent, xiii, early ? brown ink a
Sermons (Dom. prima in Aduentu), beginning imperfectly :
. . . nobis de celo qui fidcm donat. donatam probat, etc.
Sermons for Advent, Epiphany, and greater feasts (St. Benedict the only non-biblical saint) : ending
with All Saints, and
Sermoad exdtandam deuocionem in psalmodia.
In conuentu sodalium et amicorum . . . sed et fructum affcrre in patiencia. quod nobis prestare dignetur
sponsus Chr. I. qui uiuit et reg. per oma sec. sec. Amen.
83^ Blank.
a. 34 lines to a page. Cent, xiii, in two hands : leaves lost after 87.
Tract on Dilectio and forms of Salutation (an Italian collection) , 84
Vcrc dilcctionis concordia est res omnino laudabilis.
Ends abruptly f. 87'' :
. . . ucl grauibus cathenarum nodis afflictus omnimodam.
3. Another hand.
The ten privileges of the Virgin : Primum priuil^ium marie est quod sine sorde consep/a 88
Notes : Quidam sunt qui impelluntur, etc
Sermon : Bene (Gene) illius sicut areole aromatum 89
4. Very small hand : 61 lines.
Expositions of Parables, extracts, and notes 91
De uinea. Pater familias dcus. Vinea ccclesia.
5. 46 lines.
Verses on the Gospels, some perhaps from the Aurora of P. de Riga 94
Sec. liuam. homo quidam fecit cenam magnam.
Villa boues uxor cenam clausere uocatis
Mundus cura caro claudunt etcrna rcnatis.
H h
234 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The last, in another hand :
Lazarus et diues populi duo. spernit ebreus
Gentilem, etc.
97*. Blank.
6. 34 lines.
Theological excerpts » 9S
In hac uita sunt iiii°' generationes una carnalis tres spirituales.
Sermon on St. John in another hand : Aquila magnarum alarum venit ad cedrum J iS**
7. 36 lines : small hand.
Allegorical exposition of the Pentateuch 115
Plantauerat autem deus paradisum. . . . Paradisus est ecclesia.
Ends imperfectly on Deuteronomy. \
8. Double columns of 39 lines.
Part of a collection of Sermons. The first complete ones are on :
Deus in loco sancto suo. Dom. xi (?).
Sumite psalterium et date tympanum.
Draco persecutus est mulierem.
Changes of hand at ff. 140, 141, 143.
The last two sermons are on :
Lectulum Salomonis.
Vie Syon lugent.
Ending imperfectly.
The sale catalogue names Epistola ad Papam among the contents.
This must be a reference to one of ihc formulae on f. 86''.
132. ACCOUNT-BOOK (EDWARD II).
Vellum, 320 X 235 mm., ff. 16, varying numbers of lines to a page. Cent, xiv (1323-4),
very well written.
Modern russia binding by Bretherton, 1849.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 22344, lot 254 in the sale of 1908.
The first and last leaves, of thicker parchment, formed the cover. On f. i", in a black frame, somewhat
ornamented :
Anno • xvii"'
Liber Contrarotulatoris Garderobe Regis de Recepta
denariorum Jocalium et aliorum in Garder^i^a predicta tempore
Roberti de Wodehous Custodis : et Roberti de Holden
Contrarotulatoris eiusdem Gardert^fe. Anno. r. R. E.
filii. R. E. xvij".
In a black frame, as above :
holden.
f. 1*. Blank.
Recepta denar' Garder'. R. inter xx. diem Octobr. Anno xvij° et vij. diem Julii Anno eodem finiente.
Tempore R. de Wodehous Custodis et R. de Holdene Contrarotul. eiusdem Garder. Videl. a
The outgoing Custos Garderobe is Roger de Waltham.
ACCOUNT-BOOK (EDWARD II) 235
Recepta forinseca 3
From individuals (fines) and officers.
4". Blank.
Compotus Custodis Garderobe de presento. stauro. et aliis recept. et expend, sine precio hoc anno 5
With interestir^ items of game, fish, wine, &c. (see below).
6*. Blank.
Vessellamenta aurea et ai^ntea, pannt ad aurum, omamenta capelle, et alia diuersa 7
On 7' are notes that various pieces have been given away by the king, viz. :
Two silver-gilt cups. Domine Alianore la Despensere cognate sue pro nouo anni dono apud Kenyl-
worth, I Jan.
A silver-gilt olla. Arnaldo Guillelmi de Biem domino de Lascoun Vascon. una cum uno cipho.
Westminster, 31 March.
A cup and an olla. Hugoni de la Paliz militi dc partibus transmarinis una cum x marcis. London,
10 March.
A cup. Mag. Rcymf ro de Toumemire cicrico de Vascon. Westminster, 31 March.
A cup. Joh. de Dissy militi Robert! fratris domini Ducis de burgund. Langley,
16 April.
A cup. Pepyno dc Wcyre dc partibus transmarinis. London, 43 March.
A cup. Isabelle Regine Angl. pro nouo anni dono apud Kenylworth, i Jan.
An ouch (nuchia) of gold. OfTcrt ad feretrum S. Edward! in eccl. conuent. Westm., 26 Feb.
An ouch of silver. Offert. ad feretrum S. Wlstani in cccL Cathedr. Wygom., 8 Jan.
A silver spicc-plate with Given to the said Oliver. Raucnesdale, 6 Dec.
arms of Oliver de Ingham.
On 7* are similar notes of four cloths of gold, viz. :
Ponuntur per dom. Reg. super tumulum Gilbert! de Clare dudum Comitis Glouc. in eccl. conuent. de
tcukcsbury, 16 Jan.
Offert. ad magnum altare in eccL cathedr. Lich(feld.), 19 Dec.
„ „ „ Wigom., 8 Jan.
„ „ conuent. de Teukesbury, 16 Jan.
On 10* are the Jocalia at Rauencsdale and . rneaton.
On lo*" Jocalia given to the king, namely, three cups from Eleanor Despcnser, Queen Isabella, and John
de Bardelby, canon of Chichester.
Joclx, vessel dor et dargent, draps dor, etc. ... en la Tour dc londres 11
The lists are in French from this point.
On ii*" arc entries of a large number of rings (24), and after these:
Un anel dor od 1 graunte garnette et iiii petiz saffirs et iiii petit, perl, que fut a Richard iadis Euesque de
Hereford.
Un anel dor od i graunt saffir que fut a thomas iadis euesque dexccstre.
Un anel dor od i saffir citrin (?) que fut a Wauter iadis abbe de Westm.
Un anel dor od i saffir que fut a Wauter de hasclshagh iadis Euesque de Bath et Well.
Un saffir que fust de la croice Guerch.
On 13* notes of gifts by the king :
An ouch of gold. Offert. ad feretrum S. Ricardi in eccl. cathedr. Cicestr., 5 July.
A cup. Reginaldo dc Vilers valleto Robert! fratris d. ducis Burgund. Langley, 16 Ap.
A cup. Mag. Adc de Suthwik phisico domini Comitis Cestr., apud Fulnwr^, 26 Ap.
A cup. D. Theobaldo phisico domine Regine, apud Fu\mcrc, a6 Ap.
The lists end with 14*. There is no summary. 15 is blank. On i6», near the bottom, is written :
Reddynges. Newcbyry ffastern et si non ibi ad Bristol!.
On 16*, near thebottom :
Summa (?) recept Holedefl.
H h 3
236
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
The headings of game, wine, &c., on f. 5, are ;
Ceruorum pingued.
Damorum pingued.
Best' de rascall.
Casei communis.
Casei de Brye.
- Vinum vascon.
vernach.
Rochell.
reneys.
Meth.
Bragot.
Ceruis.
Fruit. Medles.
Pom. blandur. et pepin.
Fish. Alec.
Lupus aquaticus.
Pikerell.
Brem.
Porpais.
Dolfin. et baleign.
Sturgeoun.
Hake.
Congr. sals.
Lampr. rec. de Nauntis.
Anguill.
Salmow.
Pastell salm.
Birds.
Lampron.
Roch.
Perch.
Loch.
Carp.
Perdicum.
Cign.
Gruum.
Pauonum.
Auc. domest.
Aug. roes.
Caponum.
Pultium.
Columbell.
Heyron.
Curl.
Butor.
Plouer.
Cercell.
Fesant.
Borell.
Wodecok.
Mallard.
Allaud.
Egrett.
Qwaill.
133. PASSIO SS. FAUSTINI ET JOVITAE.
Vellum, 198 X 140 mm., ff. 1+48, 27 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a clear Italic hand.
Binding, calf, of cent, xix, early.
Formerly MS. Phillipps 3391. Lot 280 in the sale of 1908.
Formerly owned by Henry Drury, of Harrow.
Collation, i fly-leaf, a*-f*.
On the fly-leaf IHS and nine lines of Italian verse (xvi ?), beginning:
Quatro destreri piu che neue bianchi
Sopra dvn cavo di foco un gardo crudo
Cu;« larco in mano ele saete ai fianchi.
Passion of SS. Faustinus and Jovita, martyrs of Brescia, under Hadrian. i
In diebus illis veniente Adriano Imperatore in partibus italic precucurrit ei Italicus comes retiarum una
cum Tiberio consiliario suo ad adduam fluuium.
Handsome initial in gold and colour.
Ending : Martyres autem Christi susceperunt momentaneam mortem ut uitam acquirerent sempiternam .
Acta sunt autem hec tam in ciuitate brixiana quam in ceteris etiam urbibus uel regionibus Sub Adriano
Imperatore sub die quinto decimo kalendarum martiarum Regnante uero d. n. I. C. cui est honor et gloria cum
p. et Sp. s. in sec. sec. Amen.
PASSIO SS. FAUSTINI ET JOVITAE 237
Anno domini centesimo tregiesimo secundo die xv mensis secundi tempore Adrian! Imperatoris Imperii
eius anno tertio passi sunt beati martires faustinus et jouita. Finis.
This text of the Passion, which is extremely fabulous, with walking statues, a talking tiger, &c., is not
printed by the Bollandists in the Acta, but by F. Savio in Analecta Bollatidiana XV. See B. H.L., no. 2836.
Of the three shorter Passions printed in the Acta, that taken from Mombritius, and assuredly an abridgement
of a longer text, appears to resemble this one most closely.
134. DEEDS.
742
a •
Vellum deed, 320 x 165 mm., with seal attached. Cent xv (18 Henry VI).
This and 134* were formerly Phillipps MS. 3491 1 : sale tickets marked
Sciant, etc., quod Ego Radulphus Bowkers dominus cuiusdam parcelle de Magor dedi, etc., Thome Robynet
de Seyntbrid/ nouem acras prati iacent. infra dominium de Magor in la Brodemede.
Witnesses. Joh. ap Phelipp Morgan. Barth. de la More, &c.
Dat. apud Magor, ao Feb., 18 Hen. VI.
The seal is of red wax, of Bowkers, bearing two wings on a shield. •
Magor is in Monmouthshire.
134 a.
Vellum deed, 350 x 125 mm., with fragments of seal.
Old number 158 on the back.
Sciant, etc., quod ego Elysabet que fuiz uxor Johannis de Bcnebrugg' (or Penebr, qu. Pembridge?)
militis dcdi, etc, Willelmo ap Ricard et Johanni ap Ricard omnia ilia, terras, etc., infra terram de Gwelig-
wunieth.'
DaL apud Gog. ecu (?)» die veneris prox. post natiu. b. Marie V. 36 Edw. III.
The seal, of green wax, is reduced to a fragment
135. ACCOUNT ROLL (MINES NEAR CALSTOCK).
Vellum roll, about 6 ft. 3 in. long by 8^ in. broad, on three skins. Cent, xiv, 1317.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 34022 : lot 261 in the sale of 1898, being one of two rolls com-
posing the lot in question.
Endorsed at the bottom :
particulc compoti Mincre de tribus primis quarter' anni x"*.
Headed : (?) vii :
Rotulus Willelmi de Hicch' Contrarotulatoris Minere domini Regis in Com. Deuon. de omnibus
receptis misis et expensis appositis per Ricardum de Wigorn. Custodem Minere predicte a festo S. Michaelis
Anno R. R. E. fol. E. x" usque primum diem Jul. prox. sequentis anno eodem.
A short title follows in another hand.
The headings of the receipts are: ffor(esta ?), Mina, Argentum album, Plumbum sterile; of Expenses:
pro abstraxione Mine, Operaciones mortuorum operum, Haur'. aque, Alie mise ut ferrww, Ascer*., Cep., Cord.,
' It this Gwemllwynwhitb in Glamorgan ? * Qu. Gogertban in Cardigan ? *
238 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Corium, Cineres, Carbon, marin., Necessaria, Fienum et Auena pro equis, Empcio mater' (materie), Expcns.
Cauagii argentl albi. Then follow two series of payments to tradesmen and workmen at Calistok. This is
Calstock, which is just in Cornwall : the mines whose accounts we have here, or some of them, were in the
parish of Byre, i. e. Beer-Alston in Devon, which is separated from Calstock only by the river Tamar. They
were opened in the reign of Edward I : the lead ore which they yielded contained a great quantity of silver.
136. BREVIARY (PARIS : NOTRE-DAME).
Vellum, 185 x133 mm., fF. 2 + 45, double columns of 32 lines. Cent, xv, early, ex-
quisitely written and ornamented.
Black morocco binding of cent, xix, early.
Collation. 2? 1" 2*-ic' 11' | 12* (6 cane.) 13* (? 2 cane.) 14^-21^ 22* | 23 (one: the last leaf of a quire)
24'-49*5c''5i'-53'54M + i)-
On i*" is the number 130 (xvii ?).
Below, in a current xvth-cent. hand :
Breuiaire com;«ainc. la vigille de la trinite et finiss' le premier samedi de laduent.
Et aussi com;«encant la vigille saint germain qui est le xxvij"' may, Et finissant le jour saincte geneuiefue
inclus qui est le xxvi™" de nouembre appartenant a {erasure : maistre Jehan moler (or mozer)/mi . e .) C(?«seil!ier
du Roy ...
f. ii. Blank.
Then follows :
Kalendar in black, red, blue, and gold (misbound, July-Aug. precede May-June) i
Inc. psalterium feriale secundum usum ecclesie beate marie parisiensis 7
Diebus dominicis in nocturno nisi aliud impediat. Hymnus. Nocte surgentes.
Litany f. 79.
Ending with Antiphon, Hymn, Capitulum, &c., for Compline, and Preces.
On 84'' is scribbled (xv) : O mater dei memento mei ihs maria ioseph surge beatissima virgo.
Hie inc. hore b. Marie uirginis ad usum parisiensis ecclesie 85
Memorie, f. 87. Benedictiones in matutinis b. marie 89
Hymns : Beata nobis gaudia 89*
lesu nostra redemptio.
lam xpristus astra ascenderat.
Impleta gaudent uiscera.
Proper of Time (last portion : from Vigil of the Trinity) 90
In isto sabbato hoc est in uigilia trinitatis domini (!). Ad uesp. super ps. Antiph. Gloria tibi trinitas.
After Dedicatio ecclesie :
Tabula de memoriis sanctorum per totum annum 172
f. 174. Blank.
Proper of Saints (from Vigil of St. Germanus) 17^
This begins with the last leaf of a quire.
In uigilia festi S. Germani ep. et conf.
Ends with Collect for St. Saturninus (29 Nov.) :
Exp), festa temporis estiualis.
Common of Saints • 086
Ending 410*: Expl. commune sanctorum.
On 41 1, in a late hand :
Inc. benedictiones dicende super lectiones.
BREVIARY (PARIS: NOTRE-DAME) 239
413 is blank. On 414, 415 are prayers in a neat xvith-cent. hand, in Latin and French :
lesus pie lesus bone,
lesus amantissime, etc.
lesus en croix filz de dieu, etc.
The Kalendar is a full one of Paris episcopal use :
Jan. I. Circumcision. Duplum episcopale, ^<;/(/.
3. Genouefe. Dup., red.
5. Symeonis in columba (columna).
6. Epyphania. Dupl. cp. et annuale,/B/i/.
7. Rigoberti archiep. Semid., bliu. Luciani Maxiani, etc., black.
9. Guillermi bituricensis archiep. Semid., red.
25. Conuersio s. pauli. Dup. antiqum, blue.
37. Julian! Ep. C. Dup. ant., red.
30. Batildis regine,
31. Metranni m.
Mar. 7. S. thome de aquino. Dup., red. Perpet. ct Felic, black.
14. Leobini Ep. C.
17. Gcrtrudis V.
Apr. aa. Inuentio corporum S. Dyonisii soc.que eius. Semid, bltu. Oportune V, black.
30. Eutropii Ep. M. Semid., red.
May I. Amatoris Ep. C.
10. Maturini C.
1 1. Mammcrti et Maiolis epp.
16. Honorati Ep. C.
19. Yuonis presb. et conf. iii \c.,gold. Petri heremite iii Ic, black.
20. Nota quod die martis post ascen. domini debet fieri duplum de translatione capitis b. ludouici.
2ii. Germani par. ep. et C. Dup., blue. Caranni m. black.
June 10. Sirie V., added.
16. Ferreoli et Ferrutionis. Dup., red.
25. Transl. S. Eligii Ep. Semid., blue.
July I. Leonorii Ep. C.
2. Marcialis Ep. Dup., blue. v
7. Transl. S. Thome Canturien. Arch, et M. Semid., blue.
9. Theobaldi C. Semid., blue.
13. Turiani Ep. C. ix Ic
26. Transl. S. Marcelli par. ep. Dup. episcopate, blue.
28. B. Anne matris marie V. Dupl. antiq., blue.
31. Germani antisiodoren. ep. C. Semid., red.
Aug. 4. Susceptionis S. Crucis. Dup., red and blue.
II. .De S. Corona. Dup., red.
25. Ludouici regis francorum. Dup., blue.
26. Bernardi Abb. Semid., red.
30. Fiacrii C. Dup., blue.
Sept. 3. Lupi Ep. C. Godegrandi Ep. M.
7. Clodoaldi C.
13. Maurilionis Ep. C,
17. Audomari Ep. C. Dup. antiq., red.
Oct. 1. Transl. remigii. Piati M. Germani et bauonis.
3. Francisci C.
4. Auree V.
9. Dyonibii socque eius. Duplum annuale, blue, with octave.
240 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Oct. 13. Geraldi C. Dup., blue.
18. Herblandi Abb.
19. Sauiniani et Potentiani.
20. Undec. mill. Virg. Dup., blue.
21. Mellonis Ep. C. Semid., red.
28. Faronis Ep. C. Transl. S. Genouefe V. v
A^ov. 3. Marcelli par. ep. Dup. episc, gold, with octave.
Gumali abb.
5. Clari Ep. M. Semid., blue.
13. Gendulphi ep. C. Dup. antiq., red.
18. Aude V.
26. Genouefe V. ix Ic. Marcelli par. ep.
Dec. 4. Suscepcio reliquiarum. Dup. antiq., red.
7. Fare V. .
(8. Concept, b. V. m. Du^. e^lsc, gold.)
10. Nichasii soc.que eius MM. Semid., blue.
The Litany has: Apostles, Marcialis. Martyrs, 94. Confessors, 59, including Marcelle, Gendulphe,
Maglori, Exceperi, Vigor, Patrici, Lauderice, Fortunate, Mederice, Guillerme, Rigoberte, Petre heremita, Yvo.
Virgins, Valeria, Genovefa, Oportuna, Aurea, Auda.
Ornament. Ordinary initials are blue and dark red, the former flourished in red, the latter in blue-green.
Line-fillings, a modification of the saw-edged ornament in blue and red.
Borders : sharp-pointed ivy leaf: leaves in blue, red, or gold. Stems pink or blue, springing out of vertical
bars of gold edged with blue or pink. Dragons occur very frequently on termination of the ornament. Each
page which has a historiated initial is bordered.
Historiated initials and miniatures. The grounds are either plain gold or blue or red, with gold flourishing.
Every page of the Kalendar is bordered. In the KL, which heads each month, are two small pictures of
the occupation and zodiacal sign.
I. Jan. At table drinking. Aquarius, nude.
a. Feb. Sits warming his hands and feet. Pisces, blue. A string connects their mouths.
3. Mar. Pruning. Aries.
4. Apr. Youth in tunic. Taurus.
5. May. Youth, with hawk on hand. Gemini.
6. June. Haymaking. Cancer.
7. July. Reaping. Leo.
8. Aug. Threshing. Virgo, with palm.
9. Sept. Treading grapes. Unicorn, with Libra and book.
10. Oct. Sowing. Scorpius.
11. Nov. Beating tree for pigs. Sagittarius, centaur shooting back to R.
12. Dec. Killing pig. Capricorn, goat issuing from cornucopiae.
Psalter. First page more elaborately bordered than thie rest.
f. 7. 13. Nocte surgejites. Nimbed man in blue wakes sleeping man in red.
14. Beatus vir. David sits playing harp.
15. Dominus illuminatio. David kneels on one knee, pointing to cloud above.
16. Dixi custodiam. Similar. David in pink. Ground blue, with gold fleurs-de-lys.
17. Dixit insipiens. The fool, nude, carrying a stick terminating in a head.
18. Salvum me fac. David, nude, crowned, in water : Divine Hand on R. Ground as for no. 16.
19. Exaltate. David, in blue, sits playing on three bells.
20. Cantate. Three coped clerks sing at a lectern.
21. Dixit Dominus. The Father and Son in blue sit turning to each other, their hands on a globe.
The Dove between.
f. 85. 22. Hours of the Virgin. Virgin, crowned, and Child, throned : gold ground.
BREVIARY (PARIS: NOTRE-DAME) 241
23. Memoria of Relics. Red ground divided into squares by triple gold lines with small black dots at
intersections : the squares have groups of five dots of white or vermilion.
Vested altar, with green patterned frontal. On it a gold cross, a shrine for an arm, and another reliquary,
f. 90. 24. Office of the Trinity. Ground red with fleurs-de-lys in red, divided into lozenges by gold lines. The
Father and Son, seated, turning towards each other. Each has one hand on a globe, adorned with buildings
and tree. Between them the Dove. Stone canopy above. The figures in grisaille.
25. Italian Trinity. Gold ground,
f. 95. Historia libri Regum. Decorative initial and border,
f. 98. Corpus Christi. Decorative initial and border.
f. 99^ 25. Ground as for 23, but the gold lines are double only. Vested altar with Paschal Lamb (blue),
nimbed, with banner, standing on it.
. 26. Missa de corpore Christi. Priest, in blue chasuble, at altar, on which is chalice with corporal.
Gold ground.
f. 132. 27. Libri Sedomonis. Solomon, crowned, in wooclen pulpit, with book : addresses hearers on R.
28. Liber sapiencie. A man in scarlet cap and pink robe addresses hearers on R.
49. Job. Job, beardless, in tattered red robe, sits in straw-heap.
30. Tobit. Tobit, in blue, gives alms to two beggars on L.
31. Judith. She beheads Holofernes, who lies on a blue bed.
32. Hob. Three crowned kings at table (Feast of Ahasuerus).
33. Maccabees. Horsemen (one crowned) on R., unarmed men on L. : two swords seem to fall on them,
point downwards.
54. Eztkiel. The prophet lies below : above, the four beasts on blue ground.
35. Expositiones dominicales. Dives, beardless, at table. Lazarus crouches on L.
36. Dedicatio ecclesie. Bishop, with crosier, followed by a cleric : a church on R.
37. Solomon kneels at unvested altar on R., with white cross standing on it.
f- *75- 38- Proper of Saints. Gcrmanus, in blue cope, with crosier, facing R.
39. Barnabas, beardless, in blue, with book, facing R. Chequered ground.
40. Birth of John Baptist. Elizabeth, in bed, with pink coverlet, head to L. A nurse stands on R.
holding John (swaddled and nimbed). Chequered ground.
41. Two executioners beheading several martyrs (Ltgenda for Octave of John Baptist).
42. Peter and Paul (L ) facing each other.
43. Paul in wooden pulpit on R. addressing hearers on L.
44. Margaret, in blue, holding small cross, rises from the back of the dragon.
45. Mary Magdalene, in vermilion over dark robe and linen wimple, holding casket. Chequered
ground.
46. Marccllus as bishop, with book, facing R.
47. Priest in vermilion over white (in c). Joachim and Anne retire on L. : on R. an altar and a man by it.
48. Invention of Stephen. Two men working with spade and pick uncover three nimbed bodies,
f. 259. 49. Laurence, in pink dalmatic, with gridiron and book. Blue ground with gold fleur-de-lys.
50. Assumption. The Virgin, in pale purple on gold oval. Four angels support it.
51. Octave. The Virgin, in scarlet over blue, with book.
Grotesque mitred head in border.
52. Bartholomew, in dark robe, kneeling face R. On R. hill and tree. Ground as for 25.
53. Louis, crowned, with sceptre and book in blue over scarlet.
54. A man beheads John Baptist who leans out of a white tower on R.
55. Nativity of the Virgin. Anne, in bed covered with blue, head to C. A nurse on R. holds the child
(nimbed and swaddled).
56. Exaltation of the Cross. A battle of horsemen, the Christians on L.
57. Matthew writing on scroll on desk : white-robed angel on R.
f. 3*'^''- 5^ Michael, in blue armour : white shield, with red cross : smites the head of a devil on L. with long
cross.
I i
242 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
59. Paul on L. Dionysius, in scarlet chasuble and mitre, kneels on one knee on R,
60. Dionysius, seated in C, in pink cope : men on R. and L. place a mitre on his head.
61. Simon and Jude face each other. Blue ground, with white lines and red dots.
63. All Saints. Group of five apostles.
f. 365''. 63. Martin, in blue cloak and scarlet tunic, on white horse with red trappings, divides his cloak with
lame beggar on L. Red ground, with white lines and scarlet dots. ^
64. Katherine, kneeling, face R., in blue, crowned. An executioner about to behead her. Red ground,
with pattern in black and white, and gold lines.
65. Common of Saints. Group of apostles.
66. A beardless martyr about to be beheaded.
67. A group of martyrs being beheaded by two men.
68. A bishop, in blue cope, with crosier. >^
69. A virgin, in blue, with book.
137. PSALTER, ETC.
Vellum, 182 X 127 mm., ff. 6+163, 21 lines to a page. Cent, xv, early? in good Gothic
hand.
Binding, brown calf of cent, xix, early, with blind tooling : stamp of a crest : a griffin's
head, collared and winged, surrounded by garter-motto and surmounted by a coronet.
Collation. Kal.^ i*-ao* ai* (wants 4).
Contents :
Kalendar in red and black
Psalter (with the Prayer-book divisions added throughout in a seventeenth-cent, hand) i
Cantica {Benedicite , Benedicttts, Te Deum, Quiamque, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis) : the remainder
occurring at the ends of the several Nocturnes 15*
Litany 159
On 162'', in a straggling hand of cent, xvi :
Praye fifor the well fifare of sir John Wyllughby that owys thys boke and fifor the solle of Anne hys wyflf.
this boke be delyuered to Anne Robbyns byinge now at Sempryngham Abbey.
f. 163. Blank.
The following useful note is pencilled on the last paper fly-leaf:
N.B. Sr John Willoughby was eldest son of Sir Henry Willoughby Knight & Baronet of Wollaton in
the Co: of Nottingham. He married Ann daughter of Edward Grey Vise* Lisle, & died in the s'"* of Edward
VI 1549 without issue. His next brother Sir Edward was great grandfather to Margaret wife of Robert
1'* Lord Spencer, by whose means it is probable that this book came into the Althorp Library.
See Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, Thursby's edition, 4°, 177c, Vol. H, 209-11.
In the Kalendar :
June 14. Basilii Archiep.
July 13. Georgii M.
16. Bertini Abb.
a6. Transfiguratio domini.
Sept. 4. Bonefacii Ep.
10. Lamberti Ep.
Oct. I. Remigii Germani Vedasti Bauonis.
a. Leodegarii M.
4. Francisci C.
8. BenedicteV.
Jan.
3°-
Aldegundis V.
Feb.
6.
Amandi Ep.
Mar.
I.
Albini Ep.
12.
Gregory, added.
17-
Gertrudis V.
19.
Juliane V. M.
Apr.
16.
Basilice V.
May
a.
Bertini Abb.
la-
Seruacii Ep.
June
s'
Bonefacii Ep. M,
PSALTER, ETC. 243
Oct. 14. Donatiani Ep. C. Nov. 7. Willebrordi Ep.
23. Seuerini Ep. 1 2. Liuini Ep.
27. Amalberge V. Dee. 14. Nichasii, red.
Nov. 6. Winnoci Abb.
In the Litany : Martyrs. Liuine, Nichasi, Crispine, Quintine, Lamberte, Bonefaci, Gereon, Victor.
Confessors. Eligi, Amande, Vedaste, Bauo, Audomare, Bertine, Winnoce, Basili, Donatiane, Wandregisile,
Ansberte.
Virgins, etc. Gertrudis, Aldegundis, Benedicta, Brigida.
These are characteristic of French Flanders.
Decoration. Each verse of each Psalm has a small initial ; these are alternately in gold and blue : the
gold initials have pen flourishing in black, the blue in red ink.
Each Psalm has initial in gold, with ground of blue and pink arranged quarterly in a rough fashion, with
pattern on it in white.
Each Nocturne has a figured initial.
1. Beatus vir. Ground red with pattern in gold : quatrefoils in lozenges.
David, crowned, in blue robe and red hose, sits playing the harp on a mound on L., surmounted by a tree :
he has a long yellow beard. Trees on R.
There is a sparse and rather rough border of line and leaf work : green leaves and red and blue buds, with
gold knops.
2. Dominus il/uminatio. Ground red, with gold flourishing : vested altar on L.,with gold retable. David,
robed as before, kneels at it, holding his crown in /. hand, and pointing to his r. eye with r. hand. Border as
before.
3. Diri custodiam. Ground and border as no. 3. David, robed and crowned as before, hobbles to R.
leaning on a stick. Hills behind.
4. Dixit insipiens. Ground red, with gold pattern in squares. Hills R. and L. The fool, in blue tunic
and yellow hood, facing R., has a hobby-horse between his legs and plays on a pipe. Border as before.
5. Salvum mefac. Ground and border as no. 2. In the foreground a piece of green ground. Beyond
it a lake, from which the crowned head and hand of David emerge, facing R.
6. Exultate. Ground resembling no. i. An interior with tiled floor, a red settle occupies the further
side of the room. D^'d sits almost back to the spectator, in a solid wooden chair, and plays on five bells
hung on a wooden ring. Border as before.
7. Cantate. Ground and border as no. 2. Interior, with red-tiled floor. Six clerks in copes, blue, pink,
scarlet, and green, stand about a desk with book on it.
8. Dixit Dominus. Ground and border as no. 2. The Father in blue over green, and the Son in pink
over scarlet, seated on a white throne, without back. They join in holding an orb.
The work of these initials is rather above the average. The initial to Beatus vir is considerably the
largest. All seem to be by the same hand.
138. HORAE.
Vellum, 109 X 75 mm., ff. i -t- 190, 16 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in an Italian hand, with
French ornaments.
Binding, yellow morocco, by C. Kalthoeber.
Collation, i fly-leaf. i« 2« a^" 4' (8 cane. ?) 5«-7» (-I-4*) 8«
The quires are eights plus inserted pictures. The collation is hardly practicable : there seems to be no
gap-
Contents:
Kalendar, in red and black, not full I
Hours of the Cross 13
I i 2
244
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Hours of the Holy Ghost
Hours of the Virgin : secundum consuetudinem Romane curie
Office of the Virgin for Advent
Seven Psalms and Litany
Office of the Dead
21
28
104
114
137
Oratio quando euigilatur quis de mane, et incipit a lecto surgere dicat sic primo signatus signo sajicte
crucis 185
Potentia patris + sapientia filii + Bonitas sp. sancti
Gratias tibi ago omnip. pater qui me ac nocte
D. s. p. . . . qui nos ad principium
Salua nos domine saluator
Egrediens de camera n 187
Benedicat me deus pater
Intrando ecclesiam »el cappellam.
Asperges.
ad crueem
Adoramus te iS;""
D. qui unigenitum
Conscientias nostras
Actiones nostras
Emitte ques. d. angelum
190. Blank.
In the Kalendar :
Jan. 14. Aldegunde V.
Feb. 6. Amandi Ep., red,
33. Milburge V.
Mar. 4. Adriani M.
17. Patricii Ep.
30. Quintini M.
Apr. 17. Petri dyaconi.
20. Victorii M.
Maj 17. Brandani Ep.
33. Desiderii Ep.
June 5. Bonifatii Ep.
14. Basilii Ep., red.
July 3. Visitatio Marie, red.
3. Thome Ap., red.
13. Amelberge V.
36. Anne matris Marie.
Aug. 5. Dominici C.
7. Donati Ep.
13. Clare V,
19. Magni M.
Sepi. I. Egidii Abb., red.
3. Marcelli M.
5. Bertini Abb.
The writing, small initials in gold, and pen-work, are all very good. Borders have uncoloured ground, and
line and leaf work, with insertions of naturalistic and conventional flowers. Neither they nor the pictures are
remarkable for their execution, but the general effect is very good, and the condition for the most part excellent.
Brief notes of the pictures will be sufficient.
Sept.
9-
Gorgonii M.
17-
Lamberti Ep.
23-
Tecle V.
Oct.
I.
Remigi et Bauonis, red.
9-
Dionisii Ep., red.
14.
Donatiani Archiep., red.
31-
Quintini M.
'Nov.
13.
Liuini Ep.
15-
Machuti Ep.
19.
Elysabeth.
Dec.
I.
Eligii Ep., red.
14.
Nichasii Ep., red.
17-
La9arii M.
19.
Paulini Ep.
The Litany (short) has :
. Monks.
Nycholae de tolentino.
Anthoni, Bernarde, Francisce.
Dominice, Alexi.
Virgins,
etc,
, Elyzabeth, Ursula.
Probably the occurrence of St. Donatian (of Bruges)
in red is the most significant of these entries.
The
British element,
represented by SS. Milburga, Patrick,
and Brandan,
, isi
loteworthy.
HORAE 245
f. I3\ 1. Hours of the Cross. The Crucifixion. The Virgin swooning on the left : on R. the Centurion, on
foot, with scroll : Vere filius cUi erat iste. Landscape.
f. al^ 2. Hours of the Holy Ghost. In a room, with tiled floor. Landscape seen through the window. The
Virgin sits in the midst, with open book on her lap. John kneels before her. The Dove is above her head.
f. aS''. 3. Perhaps originally the frontispiece to Obsecro te, which may have disappeared. The Virgin and
Child seated beneath a canopy in a tiled and walled court. Two small angels, one holding a gold vase, which
the Child touches, the other playing a guitar.
f. a9^ 4. Matins of tfte Virgin. The Annunciation. The Virgin kneels at a book-desk on a chest-like
base, in a tiled court. Stone canopy above. Gabriel on L. with scroll {Ave . . . dominus). The Father, on a
cloud, sends forth the Dove.
f. sS*. 5. Lauds. The Visitation. Two figures only before stone gateway, in landscape.
f. 64''. 6. Prime. The Virgin, Joseph, and a small angel adore the Child. The Dove above His head. The
scene is the stable : a pink and gold hanging on L.
f. 7o\ 7. Tierce. Three shepherds. Angel with scroll {Gloria . . . deo).
f. 76''. 8. Serf. The Adoration : five figures only, in stone building, with wooden roof.
f. 8a*. 9. None. The Presentation : a maid with the Virgin. Anna and another, with Symeon.
f. 88*". 10. Vespers. Gold ground. The Massacre of the Innocents. Herod, throned, and a courtier : two
soldiers slaying babes : one woman.
f. 97^ 1 1. Compline. The Flight. Joseph leads the ass to R. : an idol falls from a column.
{. 104^. 12. Advent Office. Gold ground. The Coronation of the Virgin. She kneels to Christ, throned, on
R. : an angel presents her. Two blue angels hold the crown above her head.
f. II4^ 13. Seven Psalms. The Judgement. Christ on the rainbow: two angels with trumpets. The
Virgin and John (Evangelist) kneel on earth below.
f. 137*. 14. Office of the Dead. Funeral in Choir. Three mourners in black sit on a bench: a beggar, with
crutch, addresses one of them. Four clerks in copes. Priest at altar.
139 (R.-S. 1692). PERIZONIUS IN TERENTIUM.
Paper, 160 x 100 mm., ff. 166, numbered ; written in a very neat upright hand, on one
side of the page only. Cent. xvii.
Contains a book-plate, with written press-mark, B. 1. 5 (party per pale : dexter quarterly i
and 4 arg., 2 and 3 gules, a fret arg., over all a bend dexter sable, with three escallops :
sinister barry of 8 or and gules. Supporters two wyvems collared : surmounted by
a ducal coronet. Motto : Dieu defend le droit).
Contents :
Annotata Perizzonii in Terentium.
In Latin. The order of the plays is :
Andria, i.
Eunuchus, 64.
Heautontimorumenos, 108.
135-9. Blank.
Adelphi, 140.
Ending 166.
lac Perizonius (Voorbroek), bom 1651, died professor at Leiden in 1715.
246 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
140 (R.-S. 3088). BIBLIA.
Vellum, 305 x210 mm., ff. 3 + 314, double columns of 60 lines. Cent, xiii (first half?)
and xiv, early, in a good, small, black pointed hand : probably English.
Binding, dark blue morocco, of cent, xix, early. 2 fo. pedes euuangelizantis.
Collation, a (three) i^^.giz (wants 8) 4"-iV2 151* 1612 1712 iS^ 1912 (12 cane.) 3o^»-a3'2 24^ | 2512 2612 27I6.
Contents :
On ff. i, ii are the following matters, in hands of the fourteenth century,
f. i*. List of the Libri biblie, in red and black.
Table of Roman and Arabic numerals up to looo.
Hie fingurantur (!) Epistole et Euuangelia secundum seculares.
For the Proper of Time only,
f. ii. Notandum quod omnes libri tam ueteris quam Noui Testamenti quos in ordine canonum recepimus
sunt numero Ixx.
(List follows.)
Versus :
Post pentateucum sequitur Josue, Judicum, Ruth, etc.
Alius ordo :
Quinque libri Moysi, Josue, Judicumque secuntur, etc.
Alius ordo biblie :
Pentatheu. Generat. Exittque. Leui. Nume. Deutro.
ii*", iii are blank : a slip has been cut from the top of each.
Prologues of Jerome, (a) ad Paulinum.
(6) in Pentateuchum.
Gen.-Deut. :
Expl. liber helle addabarim quod grece dicitur deutronomium habens uersus ii. d. c.
Joshua, with prologue : Tandem finito . . . habens uersus d. cc.
Judges, Ruth.
Expl. lib. Ruth habens uersus -M-.
1-4 Reg. Prol. Uiginti duas
After 2 Reg. Expl. samuel lib. secundus habens uersus ii.
„ 3 Reg. „ habens uersus ii. d.
„ 4 Reg. „ habens uersus ii. cc. I.
1 Par. Prol. Si septuaginta
„ habens uersus ii. xl.
2 Par. „ habens uersus ii. c. No prayer of Manasses.
lob. Prol. Cogor. At end : lob quoque exemplar
In the margin the books of the Moralia of Gregory, which treat of successive portions of the text, are
noted.
Isa. Prol. Nemo cum prophetas
ler. „ Hieremias propheta. Lam., Baruch.
Ez. „ Ezechiel propheta
Dan. „ Danielem prophetam
Parab. „ Liber Salomonis id est parabole
lungat epistola
Eccl., Cant, Sap., Ecclus., Oratio Salomonis.
Minor prophets. Prol. Non idem est ordo
Esdras, Neemias (i-vii. 69). After this is :
Expl. liber esdre ii"'. Inc. liber tercius.
Then follows Neh. vii. 70-xiii.
BIBLIA 247
Tobit, Judith (the latter written by mistake continuously with Tobit).
Hester. Prol. Librum hester uariis
I, a Mace ProL Machabeorum libri
There are many corrections of the text in these two books.
f. ai;*". Blank.
Ew. Proll. Matheu3 ex iudea, etc 218
Acts.
Paul. Epp. Rom. no proL
I Cor. Girinthii sunt Achaici
3 Cor. Post actam
Gal. Galathe sunt Greci
£ph. Ephesi sunt asiani
Phil. Philipenscs sunt macedones
Col. Colocenses etiam sicut laodicenses
I Th. Thess. sunt macedones
a Th. Ad Thess. secundam
I Tim. Timothcum instruit
a Tim. Item ad Tim.
Tit. Tytum commonefacit
Philem.Philemoni familiares
Hcb. In primis dicendum
Cath. Eppt Non ita est ordo.
1 Pet Discipulos saluatoris
a Pet Symon petriis per fidem
No other proll.
Apoc
In two other hands, the second of which may be of about 1300 :
Intcrprctationes nominum 275
In quadruple columns :
Aaz — Zuzim (Zusitis, consilium).
The order of the books, the irregularity of the prolc^ues, and the division of Nehemiah are noteworthy
points.
The book is decorated with a certain number of historiated initials and marginal pictures in an unusual
style : good drawing, bold and rather rough ; high lights left untouched by the brush : the principal colours
employed being green, brown, red, blue : no gold.
Prol. Mitred bishop, in chasuble, sits writing, face R. : brown ground.
Gen. Creation of Eve. Christ stands on L.
Exodtts, Lower mai^in. Two pictures in separate frames. L. a Hebrew mother sits up in bed wringing
her hands. R. an Egyptian midwife holds an infant by the hand and stabs it Blue and brown ground.
Lev. Kneeling Jew offers a lamb : altar on R.
Num. Large. Christ on L., with book. Moses, horned, on R., a tree between them.
Deut. Large. Moses, homed, on L., with book. Group of three Jews on R. Outside the frame of the
picture, on R., a bit of green sea with a fish in it
Jos. Robed and bearded figure with blank scroll. Jud. No picture.
Ruth. Naomi, her husband and son, with slaves, walk to R. A red gate behind them.
1 Re^. Robed figure, with staff, a Reg. Robed figure, with book.
3 Reg. King, with scroll. 4 Reg. Similar.
1 Par. Robed figure, with staff, a Par. Seated man, in hat, with open book.
lob. Robed figure, with scroll.
Isa. Prophet, with scroll. Jer. Another. Lam. Figure, with hand to face.
Esek. Writing at desk, with pen and knife. Dan. With book, pointing up.
248 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Prov. Solomon sits on L. Three seated figures on R.
Eccl. Crowned lady, with cup. Cant. No picture.
Sap. Solomon, seated, with hand to face : book on desk on R.
Ecclus. King, holding a building with three spires.
Osee. Prophet, with scroll : and so for the other eleven, the attitudes being varied.
Esdr. Robed figure, with book. Neh. Another. ' 3 Esdr. ' (Neh. vii. 70). Man, with book, on L. Qn
R. a man in tunic (one of the heads of families) pouring coins (marked with crosses) out of his skirt.
Toh't. Seated, gives a coin to a beggar, with staff, on R. Judith. No picture.
Hester. In text. Ahasuerus, in C, puts his r. arm about Esther's neck and repulses Vashti on R. All
three are crowned.
I Mace. Two crowned kings, in armour, on horseback, charge each other.
z Mace. No picture.
Matt. Medallion in margin. Angel, with scroll, facing L.
Mark. ,, „ Winged lion.
Luke. „ in text. Winged ox.
John. „ in margin. Eagle.
Aets. About | of a column. Above, Christ ascending in a mandorla, held by two angels. His head is
hidden by a cloud. Red ground. The picture is divided by a plain transom, below which are the Virgin and
Apostles. Blue ground, with white dots in groups of three : practically all the grounds are so adorned.
Rom. More than half a column. Paul holding up a sword (by the middle of its blade) in r. hand and
book in /.
I Cor. Small. Paul with sword, and so for the others (except Heb., which has no picture), the attitudes
being varied.
James, with book, i, 2 Peter. Peter, with keys, i John. John, with book. 2, 3 John, Jicde. No
pictures.
Apoc. John, writing at desk.
141 (R.-S. 3139). ^GIDIUS ROMANUS DE REGIMINE PRINCIPUM.
Vellum, 240 X 170 mm., ff. I + 175, double columns of 37 lines. Written in 1303, in
a beautiful Gothic hand, Italian, but not specially Italian in aspect. Pale ink.
Calf binding by C. Kalthoeber.
Collation, i fly-leaf. a"-q" r« s» (wants 8).
On the fly-leaves are one or two oldish numerals which may be press-marks, viz. a 97, b 7906, c Z 44.
Contents:
Prol. Ex regia ac sanctissima prosapia oriundo . . . phylippo . . . nobilitas requisiuit. i
Initial : salmon pink on gold. The author, seated in black habit, holding an open book inscribed santi
spiritus assit.
Partial border : in the angle of it, at bottom, another friar in black habit, seated, leaning his head on his
hand and holding a book.
Inc. capitula prime partis primi libri de regimine principum in qua tractatur ubi est ponenda felicitas
et in quo reges et principes debeant suam felicitatem ponere.
Cap. I. Quis sit ordo procedendi in regimine principum.
Oportet ut latitude sermonis i''
Pars ii. f. 11. Text, with bust in initial and foliage springing from it 12
Pars iii. f. 42*. Initial : half-length figure of young man in blue gown and black round cap, with crossed
hands.
iEGIDIUS ROMANUS DE REGIMINE PRINCIPUM 249
Pars iv. f. 5a*. Initial, with half-length figure. ^
Lib. II, Pars i. 60*. „ „
„ Pars ii. 81*. „
„ Pars iii. 98*. Beardless nimbed figure, half-length, in initial.
Lib. Ill, Pars i. 113. Female (?) figure, with white tippet, over blue, holding sceptre.
H Pars ii. 1 26. Figure, holding scroll, with some numerab on it
„ Pars iii. J 53^- Figure, with blue head-dress, and blue gown with gold bands.
Ends 173'' : ad commune bonum et ad pacem ciuium. Nam si intendant commune bonum et pacem
ciuium merebuntur pacem eternam quam deus ipse suis promisit fidelibus qui est benedictus in sec. sec. Amen.
Expl. liber de regimine regum et principum a fr. Egidio dc urbe compositus ordinis fratrum heremitarum
sancti agustini. Deo gratias. Amea
Qui scripsit scribat semper cum domino uiuat.
Scriptus est hie liber per Johannem quondam Mathci militis de ciuitate castelH not(arium). Anno
domini millesimo . Trecentesimo tertio. Indictione prima tempore domini bonifatii pape octaui et com-
pletus . die iouis . sexto mensis lulii.
On the last two leaves are a good many medical receipts and a few other notes : one in Italian :
giouani fei fauore empisa a
donne (?) giotti e dei compannL
142 (R.S. 13048). EPISCOPAL OFFICES (AUXERRE).
Vellum, 215 X 135 mm., ff. 2 + 150-1-2, 30 lines to a page. Cent, xv late, in a clear
Gothic hand.
Dark green morocco binding (xviii-xix) with gold tooling.
On the fly-leaf in a neat hand (xix early) :
' Diumale Romanum Codex MSS. mcmbrani.
This manuscript is in a finer state of preservation than any ancient one I have ever seen ; it is therefore
very curious and valuable.'
At the end a printed slip (xviii ?) : William Tronc. Maidenhead.
Collation. a» A*-?* Q* R* S' T« V«, b».
Episcopal offices.
Inc ordines sacri et primo ad confirmandos infantes i
First tonsure 1*
Inc. officium in sacris ordinibus celebrandia 3
In the Litany (f. 8) we have : Apostles, Marcialis. Martyrs, Gervasi Prothasi Peregrine Vigili . . . Thoma.
Confessors, Germane . . . Lupe Eligi Remigi Marcelle Agnari Ccnsuri. Virgins, Columba.
Music on four-line stave.
Consecration of the sacred vessels %%
24''- Blank.
Dedicatio ecclesie
The Greek and Latin alphabets are written saltirewise in blue and red capitals on f. 37^
At the end of the office (73'') in a later cursive hand is added
In nomine, etc.
Porta sis bcned'cta etc.
Office for Candlemas
35
73
Feria quarta in capite ieiunii ^a
78
In cena domini
Dominica in ramis palmarum • 03
K k
250 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Benedictiones solennes 93
Including SS. Gervase and Protase, Anne, ' Sancte sorores', i.e. Maria lacobi and Maria Salome, Abdon
and Sennen, susceptio reliquiarum.
f. 113. Blank.
Consecratio altaris 113
Reconciliatio ecclesie . 126
Consecratio episcopi 1 29
Benedictio abbatis 143
Benedictio abbatis canonicorum 14^
Ordinatio abbatisse J 47
Benedictio cimiterii 148''
The saints, Peregrinus, Vigilius, Agnarius, and Censurius, marked in the Litany, are of Auxerre.
The decoration is confined to a few partial borders of foliage on uncoloured grounds, and initials in gold
and colour. On f. i in the border is a shield azure a cross fleury or : a crosier-head above it. These should
be the arms of Bp. Jean Baillet 1478-1513.
143 (R.-S. 15441). LUCRETIUS I-III.
Vellum, 122 X 72 mm., fF. 58, 31 lines to a page. Cent, xvii (1672), in a very beautiful
and regular small Italic hand.
Black morocco binding with gold tooling : lettered on back, T. Lucreti, and at bottom,
M. Red silk lining to the covers.
Has the printed ticket, Bibliotheca Lamoniana Y 116, and above f. i a circular stamp
with a large L.
Each page is framed with red and gold line.
Title in gold, blue, and red.
Lib. I. f. I.
II. f. 20.
in. f. 40.
Ending : Mensibus atque annis qui multis occidit ante.
Dephainx scrip. 1672.
Collation is impracticable.
144 (R.-S. 16362). HORAE.
Vellum, 80x60 mm., ff. 2 + 243, 12 lines to a page. Cent. xv. Italian Gothic hand.
Binding, brown leather.
Collation. A" (i lining cover) a'* b^ (8 cane.) c^-s^" t» v" x" y'" z" &* +< (4 lines cover).
Contents :
Kalendar, in red and black j
f. 13. Blank.
Missa in honore b. Marie 14
Inc. offitium beatissime u. Marie 20
With office in Advent.
Inc. officium in agenda mortuorum 132
Seven Psalms and Litany 196
Au^. 25.
Lodouicij C.
a8.
Augustini Ep. C.
, rea
Sept.
2.
Antonini M.
Oct.
4.
Francisci C
10.
Cerboni Ep. C.
1 6.
Galli abb.
aa.
Cordule V. M.
Nov.
7.
Prosdocimi Ep. C
Dec.
5-
Sabbe abb.
7.
Ambroxi Ep. C,
red.
8.
Conceptio V. M.,
red.
HORAE 251
Hours of the Cross 230
Verses of St. Bernard 238''
In the Kalendar :
Mar. I. Herculani Ep. M.
2. Albini Ep. M.
II. Gorgonii et Firmi MM.
14. Petri M.
Apr. 7. Dionisii ep. C.
8. SS. septem uirg. MM.
Jutu 13. Antonii C, red.
July 2. Visit S. Marie, red.
a6. Anne matris domine nostre, red.
Aug. 13. Clare V.
20. Bernard! abb.
The early Popes are all entered.
The Litany has Confessors : Prosdocime Ludouice.
Monks: Francisce Antoni Dominice Bernarde.
Virgins: Justina (last).
The indications, Prosdocimus and Justina in particular, point to Padua.
The suppliant in a prayer on f. 241 is masculine, ' famulo tuo N.'.
The ornament is fair.
f. 14 has border of penwork with gold studs, on uncoloured ground.
f. ao. Matins of the Virgin. Framed border, ground uncoloured (as throughout). Gold initial with
half-length of the Virgin and Child on green ground.
Lauds. Unframed border in fluid gold. Initial in gold and colour.
Prime. Framed border in fluid gold. Initial in gold and colour.
The other Hours have similar borders with varying amounts of colour besides the fluid gold.
f. 132. Office of the Dead. Full border. Initial of an angel in air blowing a trumpet: skulls and bones
lie on the ground. Late style.
f. 196. Seven Psalms. Full border. Initial with praying angel in red-gold robe.
f. 230. Hours of the Cross. Full border. Initial with Christ bearing the Cross to R., a rocky hill on L.
The general condition of the book is good, but the colour of the few figured initials has not stood well.
145 (R.-S. 20933). HORAE.
Vellum, 205 X 145 mm., ff. 3 + 6+ 156 + 4, 22 lines to a page. Cent.xv, in a clear Gothic
hand : with very ugly pictures. Written in Flanders for English use.
Old black leather binding.
Collation, a* (wants 1) Kal« i«<> a* 3* 4" (three cane.) 5« ( + a*) 6» ( + 7*) 7* ( + 5*) 8»-io« ( + a*) ii* ia»
(+1*) i3«-i6» ( + 3*) i7« ( + 5*) i8« ( + a*) 19* (wants 6) b*.
At the end is an engraved book-plate with the Spencer crest. The word Wimbledon Is written upon it.
Contents :
Kalendar in red and black i
Inc. quindecim orationes ad passionem Christi (the Fifteen Oos of St. Birgitta of Sweden) I
Memoriae, viz. The Trinity 8
Wilgefortis, added ' lo*"
The Three Kings, added ^ '
K k a
252
WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
John Baptist.
D. I. C. vexillum sanctissime tue crucis, added.
O gloriosa domina que filium dei portasti, added.
John Evang.
Erasmus, added.
Thomas of Canterbury: text erased and partly rewritten in cent. xvi.
Crown of thorns and nails, added.
George.
Sebastian, added.
Christopher.
Anne.
Wenefreda, added.
Theobald, „
Mary Magdalene.
Antony, added.
Leonard, „
Katherine
Barbara
Margaret.
Inc. hore b. Marie uirg. sec. usum Anglie
Salue regina, farced with rhyming quatrains
Rubric. Has uideas laudes qui sacra uirgine gaudes.
Obsecro te, 76. O intemerata, 78. Gaude flora uirginali, 79*.
Seven Joys (Virgo templum trinitatis : rubric obliterated)
Prayer to the Five Wounds, &c. Omnibus consideratis
Oratio Bede de septem uerbis (rubric crossed out)
D. I. C. qui septem uerba.
Prayers : Precor te piissime
Aue d. I. C. uerbum patris
Aue principium nostre creacionis
Aue uerum corpus
Aue caro Christi
Anima Christi
Omnibus confessis, etc. (rubric crossed out) : D. I. C.
Seven Psalms. Fifteen Psalms. Litany
Office of the Dead
Commendaciones animarum
Psalmi de passione Christi
Psalter of St. Jerome. Rubric. Beatus uero iheronimus
Fly-leaves blank.
In the Kalendar :
Jan. 31. Ignatii Ep.
Feb. 6. Amandi et Vedasti.
sente dorothe, added.
II. Golonete V.
19. sente susanne, added.
20. Eleutherii Ep.
Mar. a. Cedda Ep.
4. Kyerani Ep.
15. Seualdi Ep.
17. Patricii Archiep., red.
87
31
7»
81
85
88"
90
91
hanc sacratissimam
91"
92
107
127
139
144
Mar. 18. Edwardi Ep., red
20. Cuthberti Ep., „
Apr. 3. Richardi Ep., „
8. Kalixtii.
II. Gullaci Ep. (!)
19. Alphegii Ep.
30. Eutropi M.
May 7. Johannis beuerlacii.
16. Brandarii M.
19. Dunstani Ep., red.
HORAE
253
May ao. Bemardini C.
a5. Aldelmi Ep.
36. Augustini Ep., red.
June I. Clari Ep.
3. Erasme M.
5. Bonefacii Ep.
8. Edmund! archiep., red.
16. Richard! Ep., „
ao. Edward! regis, „
aa. Albin! M., „
35. Eligi! Ep.
July a. Visitatio marie, red.
3. Thome Ep., „
7. Thome canthuariensis, red.
15. S within! Ep.
18. Arnulphi Ep.
a6. Anne matris marie, red.
Aug. 5. Oswald! regis.
I a. Clare V.
20. Bernard! abb.
Aug. 35. Ludouid regis.
31. Cuthbui^e V.
Sept. 4. Cuthberti Ep., red.
5. Bertin! abb.
16. Edithe V.
17. Lambert! Ep.
35. Fimbarr! Ep.
Oct. I. Remigii et bauonis.
a. Leod^arii Ep., red.
4. Francisc! C.
6. Hugonis Ep., red.
13. Edwardi regis, red.
15. Wulfrann! Ep., red.
Nov. 16. Edmund! archiep., red.
17. Hugonis Ep., red.
19. Elyzabethe vidue.
ao. Edmund! regis, red.
Dec. 14. Nichasi! Ep., red.
17. Lazari! M.
In the Litany: Martyrs: Thoma erased. Confessors: Medarde, Ccdda, Albine, Swithine, Edwarde,
Cuthbcrte, Edmunde, Oswalde . . . Dominice, Francisce, Bemardine. Virgins, &c. : Elizabeth . . . Gertrudis
. . . Clara . . . Martha, Ursula.
Decoration. The borders have uncoloured grounds copiously dotted. Some of the flowers, foliage, &c.,
show an attempt at copying nature.
The pictures are very bad and wooden. Their subjects are :
f. 7*. I. Fifteen Oos. Christ standing in a room holding book inscribed ego sum Veritas et vita. Two
small angels worship.
3. Memoriae. The Trinity. The Father seated: the body of the Son on His knee. The Dove above
the Son's head. The scene is an interior with pillars and windows and tiled floor.
3. John Baptist in an absurd landscape with lamb on book.
4. John Evangelist with cup, in a room.
5. A single knight about to attack St. Thomas of Canterbury at the altar. The faces of Thomas and of
Grim the cross-bearer have been obliterated.
6. St. George on white horse piercing the dragon. The princess and lamb in the background.
7. Sl Christopher carrying the Child. Hermit with lantern on R.
8. St. Anne teaching the Virgin to read : in a room.
9. St. Mary Magdalene holding a casket : in a room.
10. St. Katherine crowned with sword and wheel ; standing on Maxcntius.
11. St. Barbara with book standing by a red tower in a ridiculous landscape. A figure of God half-length
amid stars at the top.
I a. St. Margaret rising out of the back of the (wingless) dragon : in a room.
13. Matins of the Virgin. The Agony in the Garden. The Chalice and Host on a rock on R.
Apostles on L. Soldiers outside the railing of the garden behind.
14. Lauds. The Betrayal. Peter and Malchus on R, Judas (apparently) is nimbed.
15. Memoriae. In text. The Dove on the orb in a rayed glory of pale blue, green, yellow, red.
16. Michael and the devil, in landscape.
17. Peter and Paul, in a room.
18. Andrew with his cross in an arrascd room.
19. Stephen, in blue dalmatic, with stones and book in a room,
ao. Laurence, similar, with gridiron and book.
Three
254 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
21. Nicholas, as bishop, in room : boys in tub on L.
22. All Saints, a group with black and gold arras in front.
23. Pro pace. A beardless man in blue robe with red border kneeling on tiled floor, altar on R., door on L.
44. Prime. Christ before Pilate in a room with tall square-headed window.
25. Tierce. Christ scourged by two soldiers : Pilate on L.
26. Sext. Christ bearing the Cross : the Virgin and two other women (?) follow.
27. None. Christ on the Cross. The Virgin, John, and another, and Longinus piercing the side, all on L.
The centurion with scroll i^ere . '. . iste) and two others on R.
28. Vespers. The Deposition. Nicodemus on ladder on R., Virgin and two others, with Joseph of
Arimathea, on L.
29. Compline. The Entombment. The same personages.
30. Salue uirgo. Initial. The Virgin and Child on a crescent in a glory.
31. Obsecro te. Initial. Pieta.
3a. Virgo templum. The Presentation of the Virgin. The priest receives her at the top of a flight of
steps. Altar seen within. No other figures.
^•3,. Prayers to the Five Wounds. In text. The Fall.
34. The three Crosses, one with title.
35. Half-length of Christ, blessing, with fleur-de-lys glory.
•^6. The Right hand pierced emerging upward from blue cloud : pink ground with gold flourishing.
37. The Left hand, similar.
38. The Heart and four wounds, blue ground with gold ermines.
39. The Right foot (as 36).
40. The Left foot : with differently coloured cloud and ground.
41. To the Virgin. Virgin and Child in a glory: green and black arras in front.
42. To St. John. He stands in a room holding a cup.
4^. Prayer of Bede. Initial. The Crucifixion. The Virgin, &c., on L., two men on R.
44. Sevett Psalms. The Judgement. Christ on the rainbow, two angels with curly trumpets. The
Virgin and John Evangelist kneel in centre. Between them five people rise from graves.
45. Vigils of the Dead. The raising of Lazarus : he steps out of a grave in the green-tiled floor of
a room. Christ, Mary, and two men on L.
46. Commendationes anitnarnm. Two angels bear up three souls in a white cloth. Christ half-length
above. Three graves in earth below. The Dove in c.
47. Psalms of the Passion. Blue ground with gold ermines. The Man of Sorrows seated in the Tomb
surrounded by the instruments of the Passion.
48. Psalter of St. Jerome. He sits in Cardinal's robes and hat, in a room : before him is a desk with
a closed book on it. The lion very small, in gold, in the R. corner.
The landscapes, trees, &c., are quite childish in execution. The pictures do not seem to merit a more
detailed description than I have given.
146 (R.-S. 22205). CHRONICA.
Vellum, 213 X 153 mm., ff. 16, 33 lines to a full column. Cent, xv late, very clearly
written.
Red morocco binding with Spencer crest in garter, and coronet.
Collation. 1^" 2*.
On \(i° : Ex libris Wolstani Paxton dono fratris sui 1630.
Rubric. Cronica regum britannie que nunc anglia dicitur . a Bruto primo rege ibidem regnante usque ad
Edwardum post conquestum anglie quartum . Qui quidem Brutus regnum hoc creauit tempore quo hely
sacerdos et iudex in israel regebat populum in iudea.
CHRONICA 255
The text is that of an ordinary chronicle-roll written in book-form. The text is usually in two columns,
and the genealogy runs down between them, often forcing the text into irregular shapes.
Text begins : Brutus iste genere troianus secundum magorum vaticinium utrumque parentem interfecit.
There is a nice initial, pink on gold, and partial border of feather-work.
The Heptarchy (f. 7) fills about three pages with genealogy, leaving no room for text.
The notice of Henry VI ends : Et sepultus est apud Cherchesbery.
Text ends, on Edward IV, with the date of his coronation : a Thoma Bourchicr Cantuar. archiepiscopo
a. d. M". cccdxi*.
ff. 15-16 are blank.
147 (R.-S. 22947). REGISTRUM BREVIUM.
Vellum, 232 X 180 mm., ff. 3+341, 32 lines to a full page. Cent, xiv late or xv early,
in a very pretty law hand.
Newly bound in dark morocco.
Collation, a (three) i'-6* 7'* 8*-35» (4 cane.) 36*-4a*.
On ff. ii, iii is a table of the ic8 capitula into which the Registrum is divided ; in a different hand from
the rest of the book. It begins with :
Breve de recto patens ) p o o
Breve de recto in london ) ^
Breve de recto de dote
De recto de rationabili parte
I Cap.
and ends :
De conduct© CV".
Carta de terris et utlag" CVI".
De certiorando super allocatione carte CVII*.
De diem clausit extremum CVIII".
Text b^ins on f. i with a handsome initial R in gold with a quadripartite internal ground of pink and
blue, both patterned with white :
Ricardus d. g. Rex Angl. etc. Balliuis suis de A. salutem. Precipimus vobis quod sine dilatione plenum
rectum teneatis Nicholao Wymbyssh clerico de uno mesuagio cum pcrtin. in Hokesworth, etc.
Spaces for additions are sometimes left at the ends of chapters: e.g. fT. 58, 67*, 76, 8c'', 8i, Sj*", 107-iic,
116, lai*. i28», I30-I33*, I34^ I38^ 145-150. I54^ >55'. >57N 165, i66», 168, 169, l7o^ 183, i88», 190*, 2aI^
aaa, iij^, 229*, a34"'-a36», a49''-35a, 354', 356*. 357, a58^ a6o», a6i, a73^ 376^ 379*, a8i, 386, a87», 391, 395,
396*, 298, 399*, 3I4^ 3»5. 322^ are blanks.
Additions have been made in many places, largely by the original hand (at least there is great variety in
the colour of the ink), and a few by later hands.
The original hand ends on f. 336* with the text of cap. cvii. That of cap. cviii is added by another hand
on "^"i^^, 337'- On 337'' the same hand adds a formula Melius inquirend'.
On 338, 339» are Briefs added by a third and rougher hand,
ff- 339''-34i are blank save for some effaced notes on 341'.
148 (R.-S. 23012). VIRGIL (FRAGMENT).
Vellum, 255 X 1 10 mm. (and less where mutilated), ff. 4, 53 lines to a complete page.
Cent, xii-xiii, in a clear slightly sloping minuscule, perhaps German.
Modern binding.
256 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Evidently a fragment taken from a binding.
f. 2 is mutilated at top, cf. f. 4 : the outer margin with about a third of each line is cut off.
The fragment contains the following portions of the Aeneid :
f. I. Aen. V. 411 Vidisset tristemque to 517 uitamque reliquit in astris.
f. a*. Aen. vi. 69 (soli)do de marmore templum to 117 omnia nee te.
f. a*". Aen, vi. lai Si fratrem poUux to 170 inferiora secutus. »^
f. 3'. Aen. vi. 276 Et metus to 381 nomen habebit.
f. 4. Aen. V. 628 Sideraque to 677 Diffugiunt.
f. 4^ Aen. v. 681 sub robore uiuit to 729 fortissima corda.
(f 4 containing only half-lines.)
ff. 1,4 are a sheet, a, 3 another sheet ; not consecutive.
149 (R.-S. 1815). BIBLIA.
Vellum and paper, two volumes, 210 x 140 mm., ff. 338 and 294, 35, 32, &c. lines to
a page. Cent, xiv, in a fairly good hand, rather current : doubtless written^ for private use.
Modern binding.
Collation. Vol. I. Outer and middle sheets of each quire vellum, the rest paper, a^'^-d'* (one cane, in
ist half) e"-qi2 (la cane). A^^-Qi^ H" (14 cane), aa'^-cc" dd" (14 cane).
Vol. II. ai2 (wants 12) b^^ (wants i) c^^ d^^ (wants 12). A'^-D" (wants 6, 7, 12). aa^" bb^^ (la replaced in
cent, xix) cc^^-pp'^ qq" rr^''' (wants 12).
Contents :
Vol. I. Prologues : Frater Ambrosius i
Desiderii mei 5'*
Capitula (50) to Genesis 6^
Genesis to 2 Paralipomenon with the usual Prologues.
The Prayer of Manasses is cap. xxxvii of a Par.
Vol. II. Ezra, Neh. (with a lacuna in capp. iv-vii). Job, Jud., Esther.
f. 45. Blank.
I, 2 Mace, ending in a Mace. xv. ^^ contra templum.
On 87, 88 a number of Biblical dates with English notes (xviii-xix).
88^ 89. Blank.
Change of hand.
Evv. Matt, proll. Matheus ex iudeis 00
Matheus cum primo.
A good many marginal notes at first.
Paul. Epp., 178. Acts, 231''. Cath. Epp., 257^ Apoc, 270.
List of Epistles and Gospels for the year 274
The sanctoral in this list gives some information as to the provenance of the book, which seems pretty
clearly to be the diocese of Utrecht.
The following characteristic entries occur :
Ponciani M. Plechelmi.
Ghertrudis V. Frederici Ep.
Wyronis C. (after 6 May). Francisci C.
Gengulfi M. Gereonls et Victoris.
Seruacii Ep. , Galli C.
Odulfi C. Undecim Mil. Virg.^
Decem milium MM. Seuerini Ep.
I.ebuini C. Willibrordi Ep.
Transl. S. Thome. Lewini C.
BIBLIA 257
On f. I, in the hand of f. 87, is ;
Ex libris T. Win. (?)
Aula Magdal.
Oxoa
150 (R.-S. 1816). IN ARISTOTELEM, ETC.
Vellum, 152 X 92 mm., ff. 6 + 240, 25 lines to a page. Cent, xiii late, in a charter hand.
Blue initials, with red flourishing.
Modem binding, with blind tooling, by Zaehnsdorf.
From Whalley Abbey. On the fly-leaf preceding f. i is (xiv early) : Liber loci bene-
dicti de Whalley dimissus communi armario de Whalley per dompnum Gregorium quondam
abbatem de Whalley.
This was Gregory de Norbury who died in 1309.
Collation, a* i"-i8" | 19" ao". Modem pencilled foliation, incorrect ultimately by three leaves.
Inscriptions on the fly-leaves :
i*. Tho the Ryght Worshepful Syr Jhamyj shenlay knyght be thys dclcueryd w* sped,
ii*. fTor my Hon"* ffrend S' Raph Ashton Baronett, lUustri Dominationi V'»* deuotissimus J. M. (?), Preston,
July 19', i6ia.
iii». Nic. Baily, and other scribbles.
ConUnts •
I. Compilacio medullat(a) de libris naturalibus Aristotflis et aliorum phiiosophorum. Prolc^us i
Cum omne dcsiderii compos ct maxime creatura rationalis appetat suam pcrfeccionem . summa vero et
finalis perfeccio hominis sit in cognicionc unius infallibilis veri.
Ends 3» : quicquid in eisdem ad mor[t]alitatcm ductile inuenerimus in sequentibus memorandum
notabimus . ad informacionem morum ct detcstacioncm viciorum et maxime ad honorem dei . qui cum sit
nobilis in fine nobilitatis et a digniori semper inchoandum . ab ipso sumamus exordium.
De unitate et simplicitate dei. De trinitate diuina, etc. 3
Dicit igitur aristoteles in x phisicc prime deus inquit est unus . etemus . nobilis in fine nobilitatis . vita
etema et continua.
The last portion of the compilation is a series of extracts from the vftus ethica libb. i-iii, beginning
f. 198 (aco) : followed by Elucidacio noue ethice aristotelis an (a 14).
Cum anima humana ut dicit magister
Ending : (de etemitate felicitatis) : numquam cessabit effectus ad apta ad propositum.
Expl. noua ethica arist.
Qui scripsit scripta sua dextera sit bencdicta . amen.
319 (3aa)^ Blank.
The opening words are identical with those of a fragment in Balliol College MS. 246, probably wrongly
called in Coxe's Catalogue an anonymous comment on the Meteora. It appears there with works of
Holcot
a. Valerius ad Rufinum de non ducenda uxore (cf. Map, De Nugis Curialium, Dist. IV) aao (333)
Loqui prohibeor . . '. sed ne horrestem scripsisse videar vale.
Expl. Ep. Val. ad Ruf. de non ducenda uxore.
Quod sequitur hie inmediate reperitur primo libro b. leronimi contra louinianum in fine 237 (330)
Fcrtur aureolus de nupciis . . . labore tuo adquisita incertos usus relinquere.
3. Mirabilia Romae 239 (332)
L 1
258 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Murus ciuitatis Rome turres trecentas sexaginta -i- . . . reuera multum maius exstiti(t) quam scriptura ipsa
declaret.
Printed by Montfaucon, Diar. ltd., p. aSa, and separately at Rome in 1864, &c.,and by Parthey. The
present copy gives a different text.
241 (a44)^ Blank. Unimportant scribbles on the last pages.
151 (R.-S. 4599). MISSALE.
Vellum, 217x150 mm., ff. 7 + 303, double columns of 29 lines. Cent, xiii late, in
a very fine clear hand, rather narrow and pointed.
Binding, green morocco of cent, xix early, with gold tooling.
Collation, a' (+1) i"-i3" (wants la) 14' \^'^-^()^^ (7, 9, 11, 12 cane.) (quires wrongly numbered by an
old hand). Old foliation in red on verso of leaves to clxvi.
On i% otherwise blank, is pasted a portion of a book-plate, shield party per chevron engrailed, chief tr
three bezants sable : base sable a stag passant : crest a half figure of a man nude holding sword by its point in
R. hand, and halbert in L. Motto : Sub libertate quietem.
Contents : Kalendar in red and black i*
vii''. Blank.
Proper of Time : i Sun. in Adv. to 35 Sun. after Pentecost, and Dedicatio Ecclesie i
Prefaces, clxiv''. Ordo Missae, clxvi*".
Spaces left for musical notes, but none inserted.
A leaf is gone (frontispiece to the Canon) after 167. Canon, 168.
Proper of Saints: Stephen to Thomas the Apostle i (171)
This portion is foliated from i to cxxv.
Common of Saints xcii
Missae votivae ci
Officium pro defunctis cxix*"
Gloria and Credo in smaller script cxxv*"
Added probably by the same hand :
Epistle for the Feast of the 1 1 ,000 Virgins 296
Office for Ash Wednesday 496
Office for Good Friday 296''
Benedictio ignis in sabbato pasche, and Exnltet 297''
In a late ugly hand (xv) :
Exorcismus salis, 298^ Exorcismus aque, 299.
In another late hand :
Saluam fac ancillam tuam deus. Conuertere domine usquequo. Et mitte ei domine auxilium de sancto.
Et dominus custodiat introitum tuum et exitum tuum . et auferat a te spiritum elationis. amen 300
Another hand, single lines : Missa contra paganos 300''
Another hand, double columns :
In sollempnitate sacramenti altaris 300*
In die visitationis Marie 302
Ending 303'*.
In the Kalendar and Sanctoral :
Ja«. 3. Genouefe V. comtn. Jan. 17. Speusippi Eleusippi et Meleusippi. comtn.
10. NyiWermi Ep. C. xii Ic. 28. luliani Ep. C. comm.
11. Hie agimusprecipuum officium defunctorum Feb. 6. Vedasti et Amandi Epp. comm.
episcoporum et abbatum. 16. luliane V. M. co7nm.
MISS ALE ; 259
Mar. I. Albini Ep. comm. Sept. 18. Precipuum officium defunctorum fratrum ct
18. Ob. Honorii pape tercii. familiarium nostrorum.
30. Cuthberti Ep. C. comm. 19. Sequani Abb. comm.
May 8. Petri Ep. C. xiilc. a4. Andochii Tyrsi et felicis MM. comm.
II. Mammerti Ep. C. comm. Oct. i. Remigii. xiilc. Germani Vedasti. comm.
19. Potentiane V. „ 2. Leodegarii Ep. M. comm.
23. Desiderii Ep. M. „ 4- Francisci C. xii Ic.
24. Donatiani et Rogatiani MM. comm. i\. Undecim milium virginum. xii Ic.
June 8. Medardi Ep. C. ^ Nov. 5. Malachie Ep. C. xii Ic.
aa. Albani M. „ 16. Edmundi. xiilc. (Ethmondus in Sanctoral.)
28. Hcrenei cum sociis suis „ i?- Am'ani Ep. comm.
30. Marchialis Ep. C. „ 19- Elysabeth
^wj-. II. Sanctecorone. xiilc. . ao. Precipuum off. defunctorum parentum
17. Mammetis M. comm. nostrorum, red.
20. Bemardi Abb. xii Ic. 21. Columbani Abb. comm.
35. Genesii M. comm. Dec. i. Eligii Ep. C. comm.
Sept. 7. Euurtii Ep. „ 14. Nichasii sociorumque eius. xii Ic.
17. Lambcrti Ep. M. „
In the Sanctoral only : Roberti Abbatis.
Seniacii Ep. C.
Dominici C.
These indications seem to me to point to a Cistercian house in France, probably eastern France : but
I cannot locate the book very precisely. An old pencil note on the fly-leaf which describes it as a Hereford
book is without any foundation.
The decoration is confined to initials in red and blue, and pen-work.
The most conspicuous are on fT. i, 168, 171.
152 (R.-S. 5003). DIURNALE.
Vellum, 106x85 mm., ff. 2-^395-1-4, 16 lines to a page. Cent, xvi (1581), in a fairly
good, rather current hand : red and black, a good deal contracted. Written by Sebastianus
Fabri (Schmidt), one of the confessors or preachers at the convent of Clares in Nuremberg.
Old red leather binding, stamped, over wooden boards. Two metal clasps.
Collation, a* (i lining cover) Kal • (1 cane). i"-i5"> 16'* i7"-3i" aa* (6 slip) 33* 34" 25" 26"-3i"
3a* (4 cane) 33" I 34'"-38"'. b* (4 lining cover). Several additions on slips occur.
On ii» (xvi) : Hoc diumale mihi Fratri loanni Kncuero ii die Decemb. A" (15)97 donatum est, a quodam
parocho, cuius ut memor sim in meis preculis qualibuscunque fuais ad Dominum Deum. Amen.
On the last cover is a circular red leather ticket, modem, stamped in gold with the initials E H and
a rose with stem and leaves between them.
A series of tags (ao) with blue and green beads is attached to the leaves.
Contents :
Kaiendar in smaller script than the rest, red and black i
Thabula signorum sou minucionum 7
In nomine domini inc. ordo diurnalis ad usum fratrum minorum secundum ordinem s. romane ecclesie 8
Proper of Time : i Sun. in Adv. to 24 Sun. after Pentecost, followed by ferial antiphons.
Proprium sanctorum per anni circulum secundum ritum romane curie 139''
Satuminus to Katherine followed by offices de lancea et clauis d. n. I. C. and St. Gabriel
Inc. commune sanctorum 237
Inc ordo diurni officii b. Marie V. 256
L 1 3
26o WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Memoriae, 343", including St. Francis, Saints of the Order, Commem. de S. Clara, 347, de S. Francisco,
Tabula parisiensis de dominicis diebus imponendis hystoriis ab oct. pent, inclusiue usque ad aduentum
exclusiue , 35***
Alia tabula 355
Officium in agenda mortuorum ^ 35^
Feria IIII* cinerum usque in cena domini et nuUo alio tempore ante inchoacionem matutinarum
absolute incipitur canticum graduum in feriali officio psalmi semper dicuntur sedendo oraciones et versiculi
sedendo (stc) 37*5
Penitential Psalms 380
Litany 386
Benedictiones mensae for the year 390
Colophon in red, 394' : Explicit feliciter anno incarn. d. (1501) n. I. per me fratrem sebastianum fabri
dum (=tum) temporis socius confessoris venerandi patris lohannis weyss ad sanctam claram in Nurnberg. Et
nota anno domini M° CCCC L" reformatum fuit monasterium clarissarum. Et primus confessor tempore
reformacionis fuit.
(394''. Black ink :)
Venerandus pater lohannes gur et cum hoc predicator.
Socius pr. heinricus fuchs.
Secundus pr. Wigandus.
Predicator pr. loh. enfler.
Socius fr. Ehardus.
Tercius confessor et predicator venerandus pr. fr. Nicolaus Karoli et cum hoc commissarius et in pluribus
conuentibus acceptissimus gardianus et primus Vicarius huius prouinc(i)e.
Socius fr. Vitus.
Quartus confessor pr. loh. pogner.
Predicator lohan. swarcz.
Socius fr. Vitus.
Quintus confessor et cum hoc predicator loh. sartoris.
Socius pr. Vlricus strobel.
Sextus confessor pr. Vlricus strobel.
Predicator fr. mathias dyssler. ^
Socius frat. maurinus.
Septimus confessor et predicator pr. lohes windhauser.
Socius fr. purckhardus. Et fr. robertus gallicus. 395*
Octauus confessor pr. lucas.
Predicator pr. melcher et pr. loh. Gur.
Socius fr. Cunradus weinstein.
Nonus confessor pr. Anthonius weger.
Predicator pr. ludowicus buffel. Socius fr. Cunradus weinstein.
Decimus confessor loh. Winthauser.
Predicatores pr. melcher et pr. stephanus.
Socii fr. rufinus. Et fr. petrus qui eciam fuit confessor in monaco. Et fr. sebastianus.
Undecimus confessor et cum hoc per 4.°' annos predicator venerandus pr. fr. heinricus vigil'. Et post hoc
institutus fuit ad predicandum venerandus pr. stephanus fridelini.
Socius frat. sebastianus fabri.
Duodecimus confessor pr, loh. weyss.
Predicator pr. stephanus fridelini. • .
Et pr. michael de lanszhut.
Socius frat. sebastianus fabri.
cum hoc = ' who was at the same time ' ; pr. = pater. 395''. Blank.
DIURNALE 261
In the Kalcndar Franciscan feasts are of course prominent :
Jan. 16. Quinque fratrum ordinis minorum. duplex, red.
a6. Off. mortuorum pro fratribus sororibus benefactoribus et nb'tu (nobiscum ?) sepultis, red.
Feb. 4. Gilbert! C. 9. Apolonle, added.
15. Transl. S. Anthonij de patua.
Mar. 3. Kun^fundis impcratricis festum t^re, red.
18. Gabriel archangel.
19. loseph C. nutritoris domini.
ao. Joachim, added.
Apr. 5. Vincencii ord. pred. solenne, added.
V). Petri M.
May 1. Walburgis.
19. luonis solenne, added.
ao. Bernhardini C. ord. min. Maius dupl., r^rf.'with octave.
35. Transl. S. Francisci. Min. dupl., red.
June 13. Anthonii C. ord. min., red, with octave.
July a. Visitacio S. Marie, red, with octave.
4. Festum s. bonauenture seruetur prope (?) % dom. lulii, red.
13. Henrid imperatoris, red.
ao. Off. pro fr. benefactoribus, etc, red.
Aug. 8. Dominici C.
I a. Festum sanctissime V. Clare. Mai. dupl., red, with octave.
19. Ludovici Ep. Maius dupl., with octave. Sebaldi C.
Sept. 1. Egidii abbatis festum trn-e, red.
9. Kunegundis imperatricis Virginia, red.
1 7. Stigmata seraphici patris nostri francisci. Ma. dup., red.
37. Elziarii C.
a8. Off. pro. frat., benef., etc., red.
Oct. a. Transl. sanctiss. Clare V. Mi. do.
4. Seraphici p. n. Francisci. Ma. du., red, with octave.
7 or 8 added in margin. 7 Fratrum ord. min. Dupl. minus. ,
1"}. Yuonis C.
Nov. 8. Transl. ludovici Ep.
19. Elyzabcth Vidue. Minus, red.
ai. Presentacio Marie. Mi. dup., added.
a8. Off. pro patribus et matribus, etc., red.
.Dec. 8. Conceptio S. M. V. Mai. dup., red, octave added.
In the Litany :
Martyrs. Otto cum sociis.
Confessors. Ludouice, Bonauentura.
Monks. Francisce (and), Anthoni, Bemhardine, Dominice, Bernharde.
Virgins. Clara (ist, in red), Elyzabcth.
153. TEMPLUM DOMINI, ETC. (BYLAND).
Vellum, 161 X 125 mm., ff. 3 + 248, mostly 32 lines to a page. Single and double
columns. Cent, xiii (1269, &c.), in several good clear hands, somewhat of the charter type.
Binding, modern light brown leather over the old wooden boards : there was originally
a clasp.
262 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Collation, a" (i lines cover) + i : i** 3»* (wants 10-14) 3" 4** 5"-7" 8" (wants 16) 9" (+1) 10" (wants
18) II" la" (+1) 13" 14" 15" 16*° (wants 7-10).
On f. I (xv) :
Liber monasterii beate Marie de Byland ex procuratione ffratris Thome Welton scolaris eiusdem
Monasterii et Bachalarii in diuinis.
Quern librum J. Orwell prior mon. beate Marie iuxta Eboracum habet ex mutuo.
The name of Thomas Welton is also inside the cover.
At the bottom of f. 4 is this interesting inscription, in' a hand but little later than the text : Circa hunc
librum laborauit fr. Robertas de Dictoii prior sancte marie de Byjand . . . dei . qui legis . ora pro anima eius.
On the fly-leaves are also some scribbles in shorthand. These, coupled with the Byland provenance,
strongly suggest that the MS. belonged to Henry Savile of Banke. Many of his MSS. came from northern
houses, and he wrote in shorthand on the fly-leaves. The catalogue of his MSS. has been admirably edited
by Mr. J. P. Gilson {Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 1909). I do not at present find our MS. in the list.
There are also some xvii cent, notes of payments (names Tho. Hopper, Cuthbert Ward, Cuthbert
Maugham : and the name Joseph Carr).
The names of others of the Hoppers (xvii) and Carrs (1761, &c.) occur in the book.
The book was later in the Ashburnham Collection, appendix no. 97, sold in May, 1897.
Contents :
1. (Robert! Grosseteste Templum domini) 2
Capitula (liii) 2
Heading : secundum Robertum Lincolniensem 3
Rubric : De templo materiali et spirituali.
Text: Templum domini sanctum est quod estis vos. cor. 13. sermo iste quamuis omnes tangat quos
spiritus dei inhabitare debet
In the margin the chapters are numbered up to Ixii (De inuidia).
Ending 14'' : unde patet quod inuidie difficilis est curatio.
A blank of nine lines.
2-5. Double columns.
2. In prologo libelli qui dicitur flores Bernardi 14''
In hoc opere sequent} multa utilia non solum de uirtutibus . . . quorumlibet existit materia.
A rubricated inscription in lower margin erased.
Capitula of ten books, with references to the sources of the Flores 15
Capitula subscripta excepta sunt sententiis uen. patris Bernardi in quibus continentur uerba quedam de
beatissima dei genitrice maria. de dignitate et excellcntia b. virginis. Inc. de assumpcione eiusdem 24
Non est quod me delectat magis . . . cauendum et hoc et illud quia utrobique periculum.
This is at most only an extract from the Flores.
3. Pene Inferni terribiles 27''
Ignis in quo si totum mare congelatum influeret unam scintillam non extingueret . . . et illaqueantur et
capiantur.
4. At top is pencilled Flecto genua (the incipit of no. 6) 28
De ortu autem originalis peccati hec tenenda sunt . . . precipui augustini de trin. xi.
5. Sermo. Ecce nos reliquimus omnia . . . hec uerba dixit b. petrus domino 29
Another hand : single lines.
6. Summa fr. Bonauenture Generalis ministri Fratrum minorum 30
Pref. in sequens opus. Flecto ienua mea ad deum patrem (0pp., t. vi, pt. i).
Capitula of the seven parts 34''
Text. In principio intelligendum est quod doctrina sacra 35''
Ends 96'' : in gaudium dei mei qui est trinus et unus deus bened. in sec. sec Amen.
Hie liber est scriptus qui scripsit sit benedictus.
Explicit expliceat ludere scriptor eat.
There is some ornament in blue and red at the beginning.
TEMPLUM DOMINI, ETC. (BYLAND) 263
7. Inc. prol. in Itinerarium mentis in deum (Bonaventura, Opp., t. vii) 97
In principio primum principium . . . et pars mea deus in etemum bened. deiis in etemum et dicet omnis
populus . fiat fiat. Amen.
8. (Margin: Augustinus in meditacionibus) iia
Videbunt in quern transfixerunt. Fr. kar. transfigat nos lancea christi
Other extracts follow, ending 114*.
On 114'': Margrat Hopper (xvi-xvii).
9. Ecce descripsi sapientiam tibi tripliciter. prou. xxii. Cum omnis scientia gerat trinitatis insigne
Largely in tabular form.
The incipit is given by Bale as that of the Itinerarium mentis in deum of Robert or Roger de Twyford
alias goodluck alias bona fortuna.
Epds 127'' : sanctitudo est monasterii consecratio . amen . amen.
10. A series of extracts in two other hands, ending with the 7> deum ia8
11. Versus de b. Virgine Maria : with some few interlinear glosses 1.30
Virgo parens loquitur . et mbtica res aperitur.
Se notat et natum . uerbis . signisque notatum.
Mons ego (sum ?) . lapis hie . ego uinea . botrus hie . aula
Regis ego . rex hie . ego vellus et area . ros hie.
Sidus ego . sol hie . ego nubes . rumen hie . uma
Legis ego . mane hie . ego lesse virgula . flos hie.
Vcstis ego . losep hie . ego tellus . vermis hie . oUa
Moab ego . spes hie . ^o serua(?) troni . Salomon hie.
Hester ego . sceptrum hie . ego sum rubus . ignis hie . arbor
Thuris ego . thus hie . ego virgo . rinoceros hie.
Vrbs ego . conditor hie . ego cortex . granum hie . oliua
Pinguis ego . liquor hie . ego lanua clausa . means hie.
Sum fauus ipsa . mcl hie . outs ipsa . set agnus hie . ipsa
Massa vitri . lubar hie . arx ipsa syon . dauid est hie
Dulcis ego . magis hie . miserans ego . plus hie . A matrix
Pacis ego . dator hie . homo sum set homo deus est hie.
Some late scribbles are at the bottom.
13. Capitula libri scquentis qui dicitur Florigerus (xxvii) 130''
Prol. Quorundam librorum gloriosi et incomparabilis doctoris Augustini 131
Inc. lib. florigerus. Da mihi domine scire. (Confess, lib. i°.)
Ends 148*: sic aperietur . Te prestante qui uiuis et regnas deus per om. s. s. amen.
Anno Domini M°. ccf. Zr". ix". scriptus fui.
(Names of John Carr, John Ker, Joseph Carr 1761, on l48^)
13. (Bonaventurae Lignum Vitae) 149
Prol. Christi confixus sum cruci . verus dei cultor.
At bottom in large red letters. Domino ; Ihesu •
Text. Expergiscere o anima 150
Ends 165*: petimus obtinere Ad laudem . . . Cui cum patre . . . decus et imperium per infin. sec. sec.
Amen. Expl.
The lower part of the leaf (blank) cut away.
14. Some Sermons of St. Bernard on Canticles.
a. Deus canticum nouum canam tibi 1 66
b. Osculetur me 170''
c. Mdiora sunt uerba tua 176''
d. Oleum effusum 181*
(William Maire's name, xvii, on margin.)
e. On the same 187
264 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
/. On the same iga'
15. (lohannis de Deo Poenitentiale) 199
Prol. Uen. patri ac domino A. diuina prouidencia urbis Bonon. Episcopo . . . magister lohannes de Deo.
Capitula of the seven parts 199
Inc. liber primus qui est de confessione generali 30i
Sic tene quod subtiliter et astute
Ends 243* : adquiritur regnum dei. Expl. lib. Septimus ad honorem summe trinitatis pa. et fi. et sp. s.
Amen, a mag. loh. de deo compilatus. Alleluya.
Conclusio mag. lohannis super libra.
Expl. liber penitentiarius a mag. loh. de deo yspano, etc. (sub anno domini m°. cc". xlvii) . . . et
doctoribus et magistris. Alleluya.
243''. Blank.
16. Distincciones decretorum per ordinem 243
Memorial verses on the same 246''
17. Tituli of the Decretales Novae 247
18. A list of, and notes on, the books of the Civil Law 248''
De corpore legis sunt libri isti :
Digestum.
Codex.
Forciatus.
Tres priores collaciones . et sunt ix.
Instituta, etc.
154. REGISTRUM BREVIUM.
Vellum, 122 X 90 mm., ff. 214, 33-39 lines to a full page. Cent, xiv late-xv early, in
a good English law hand.
Binding, russia of cent. xix.
Purchased at Sotheby's.
Collation. i'-4* (wants 4-6) 5* (wants 2) 6'-i2* (? 4 cane.) 13* 14* (wants 3) i5'-i8' 19* (4 cane.) 30^-28*
one leaf added.
There is an old numbering of the quires, as follows :
1-13 are marked from k to v, 14 is x, 15 j, 16 &, 17, 18 no mark, 19 k, 30 7, 31-38 a io g.
Contents:
Registrum brevium.
De vasto. Regula i
Fait a sauer ke sont cynk maners des briefs de wast.
De estreppamento 5
Repleg', 6. The head-lines are very sparsely inserted. I give all that exist.
Trans', if.
De decepcione, 37.
Prohibicio cum sni^&rsedeas, 73.
De Stat, stapule, 76.
De Stat, mercatorio, 77. De recognicionibus debitorum, 77''.
Audita querela, 80. Supersedeas de execuc. faciend., 81.
Scire fac' audita querela, 8i'>. De recognoscat., 82''.
De secta ad molendinum, 83^ De cur' claudend., 84^
De communa pasture, 85*. De amensuracione pasture, 86''.
REGISTRUM BREVIUM 265
De annuo redditu, 87'. De cartis reddendis, 88. De medio, 88^.
De eiectione custodie, 89. De intrusione, 91.
De herede rapto, gi\ De eschaeta, 92.
De conuencione, 93. Dedimus potestatem ad finem leuand., 95.
De certiorand. super conuenc, 96^ De dote unde nichil habet, 97''.
De secta faciend, 99^ De statuto, loi.
A quire seems to be gone (viz. quire ;:) after f. 1 14.
De assisa no. dis., 115. Communes assise, I2a^
De admittendo in socium, 133. Attincta, 12^\
De reddiseisina, 117*.
Assisa mortis antecessoris, 14a.
Nuper obiit, 144''.
Quare ciecit infra terminum, etc, I45\
De ingressu, etc, 149.
De intrusione post mortem tenentis in dotem, 156.
Cui in vita, I57^ Cessauit, 159.
Forma donacionis (in te descendere), etc., 160.
Diem clausit extremum, 166. De etate proband., 168.
De dote assignand., 170. Elegit, Lcuari, 171, 17a.
Ad quod dampnum, 174. De theolonio, etc., 185.
De libertatibus allocand., 188. De corrodio, 191.
De annua pensione, 193. De idiota, De leproso amoucndo, 195.
De onerand., De nominacione facta per regem, J96.
De ratificacione, 198. Litera procuratoria, 200.
De vicis et venillis mundand., 2oi\ De idemptitate nominis, aoa.
De attorn, vie', ao4. De custumis, 304''.
De manucapcione, 306. Supersedeas, 311''.
On 314 are added some supplementary formulae, one of 6 Henry IV.
On a 1 4^ in a late xv cent, hand is :
Iste liber constat Edmundo Spencer filio et heredi ]
Rid Spencer ex dono magistri Willelmi Sprygge Y Amen.
Bacularii utriusque iuris cuius anime propicietur deus )
There is no notable ornament in the book : the initials are normally in blue with red pen-work about them.
166. LEGES ANGLIAE.
Vellum, 258 X 158 mm., ff. 2+126, 24 lines to a page. Cent, xii, in an admirable hand,
noticeably narrow and upright.
There are line-fillings consisting of blue or red waved lines with short curling branches.
Binding, old brown leather rebacked.
Collation. 3 fly-leaves: i"-4" ( + 4 leaves after a) 5" 6'*-io" 11 (six).
3 fo. v. hyd.
The book is a copy, and, as it seems, the oldest copy, of what Dr. F. Liebermann has called the Leges
Anglorum Londoniis colUctae. To his tract Vber die Leges, etc., Halle a. S. 1 894, and his larger work Gesetze (I)
reference will be made in what follows.
But first the fly-leaves of our MS. must be described :
f. i». In red (xv) : Omnibus (omnia) non mea somnia, and : fl'e linn.
In black in the same hand : Sola superbia vinceret omnia heu male fata turn.
M m
266 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
In hands of cent, xvi or xvii, the names Thomas Hothersall (several times), Richard Houghtonn.
On i*" in a similar hand : Richard Talbott is my.
On ii' is the conclusion of the text on ii*".
On ii*" in a good but rather difficult hand of cent, xiii of the charter type, parts of an office for St. Thomas
of Canterbury, viz.:
Memoria ad vesp. primas. Ant. Pastor cesus in gregis medio . pacem emit cruoris precio . letus dojor in
tristi gaudio . grex respirat pastore mortuo . plangens plaudit mater in filio . quia viuit v^rtor sub gladio.
Inuit. Assunt thome martiris sollempnia . virgo mater iubilet ecclesia. Y(mnus). martir/j dei. Ant.
super spalm. Summo sacerdotio thomas sublimatus . est in virum alium subito mutatus. Beatus vir. A. mo-
nachus sub clerico clam ciliciatus . carnis came fortior edomat conatus. Quare. A. cultor agri domini tribulos
auellit . et vulpes a vineis arcet et expellit. Domine quid. V. Gloria et honor.
Resp. Studens liuor thome supplicio thome dampnat exilio.
Ver. Ordo. sexus. etas condicio nullo gaudet hie priuilegio. totww.
^. Thomas manum mittit ad fortia spreuit dampna spernit opprobria. nulla thomam frangit in(iur)ia.
Ver. clamat cu(n)ctis thome constantia.
omne solum est forti patria. Gloria {or Alleluia).
^. Far (?) et granum oppressum palea . iustus cesus prauorum framea . celum domum commutat lutea.
Ver. Cadit custos vitis in vinea . dux in castris cultor in area, celum. Gloria.
Ant. in ii° nocturno. Nee in agnos sustinet lupus deseuire . nee in ortum olerum viream transire. Cum in.
A. Exulat vir optimus . sacer et insignis . nee cedit ecclesie dignitas indignis. Verba. Exulantis predia preda
sunt malignis . set in igne positum non exurit ignis. Domine Deus. Ver. posuisti.
]^. Ex summa rerum leticia summus fit planctus in ecclesia . de tanti patroni absentia . set cum redeunt
miracula . redit populo leticia.
(Continued on ii* :)
Aqua thome quinquies varians colorem . in lac semel transiit quater in cruorem.
A. Ad thome memoriam quater lux descendit . et ad eius gloriam cereos ascendit (ace-).
A. Tu per thome sanguinem queni pro te impendit . fac nos Christe scandere quo thomas ascendit. Ca.
Omnis pont. (?) Y(mnus). Deus tuorum.
A. Opem nobis o thoma porrige . Rege stantes iacentes erige , mores actus et vitam corrige . et ad viam
pacis nos dirige. benedictus.
A. Salue thoma virga iusticie mundi iubar . Robur ecclesie . Plebis amor . cleri delicie . Salue gregis tutor
egregie . Salua tue gaudentes glorie. M".*
The text of the book begins f . 3 :
De numero prouinciarum et patriarum . . . et ad profectum animarum populorum totius regni predicti.
Handsome initial : gold on blue ground which is edged with red.
Marginal additions. After ' imperium quam regnum ' : vtarg. Loegria que modo angli« uocatur medietas
. . . sunt autem in loegria consulatus triginta quinque.
Cambria est que modo uallia uocatur . . . decern et septem consulatus,
Albania est que modo scotja uocatur . . . et continet in se orchaneiam ordas | man . gurh . et enchega . . . |
am. Sunt autem in Ajbanja | decem et octo consulatus. Numerus | consulatuum totius regni britannie septuaginta.
The above in a small script, probably the original hand : ends of lines damaged.
Later on are three marginal supplements, certainly by the original hand, probably of accidental omissions :
also some interlinear supplements.
= Liebermann's § 3, pp. 4-7. His first section is the Expositiones uerborum which are absent from this
MS., as from Claudius D. ii.
De numero hydarum anglie. Myrchene land est de .xxx'". hydes ... to parlingepice feoper 7 xxiiii. hund
hydan 3*
= Liebermann, 3, 3 a, pp. 8-10.
After this begin the borrowings from the Quadripartitus.
Incipiunt leges Ine Regis Westsaxonum (in blue) 4*
Ego Ine dei gratia Westsaxonum Rex . . . manbota domini.
LEGES ANGLIAE 267
= Liebermann, 4 a, p. 11.
Diximus de blaseriis . . . denarius reddatur g^
De forefang, written continuously with the last, . . . periculo conquisitum.
= L. 5. S'^. P- "•
There is an interesting pencil note at the head of this paragraph of cent. xiii.
In libro alex non quia (est ?) | de legibus Adelstan.
De hundredo tenendo. Hoc est iudicium . . . sexaginta solidos lo
= L. 5<:, p. II.
Here also is a pencil note (xiii) : hoc de(est) in libro alex | hoc de legibus Adelsta(ni).
Nullus uendat equum . . . regiones lo**
= L. 6, p. 1 2.
Una moneta . . . detineantur lo"*
= L. 7, p. 13.
Regnauit . . . britannie illustre 10'
= L. 8, p. 14.
The last three items are written as one paragraph in a somewhat browner ink than the rest though most
likely in the same hand : and rather more closely. The number of lines to this page is zy^ as against 24 else-
where. In short they are a slightly later addition.
Hec sunt l^es Aelfredi Regis (in red) ll
Ego Aelfredus Rex hec collegi . . . indicia destinabunt.
Gold initial on blue, edged with red.
» L. 9, p. 14.
Conscilium Aelfredi et godrun Regum 17'
Hec sunt pacis agenda . . . quod denebet habeant (as Claud. D. ii).
Gold initial as before.
= L. 10, p. 15. Concilium (for Fedus) is in Claud. D. ii.
Si quis rectum . . . supradictum est 18
= L. 10 a.
Cogitate etiam quia mei cstis (omitting the remainder of the sentence, as Claud. D. ii). 18*
= L. 10*.
Alia contra (as Claud. D. ii, for concilia) Aelured et godrun 18'
Hoc est conscilium quod Alfred Rex ... qui rex sit in populo.
= L. 10 c, p. 15 (Eadward and Guthrum).
The four lines following populo bear traces of having been written over something else which took less
room : the vellum is soiled, and the lines run out into the margin. But the hand appears to me to be the
same throughout. The reason for noting the fact is that at this point begin certain spurious additions of
the compiler :
Fomicationem adulterium . . . prohibeo 30
Uniuersis liberis hominibus . . . pro bruto et Zefalo et stulto reputamus.
Pacem firmam . . . diligenter obseruant.
Nullus superscdeat hut howut nee uth best. [marg. original: uel burbotam . uel brigbotam . uel firdfare]
nee herebode, etc . . . pro menbris. ao**
Sint eciam uicecomitibus . . . predictum.
. Omnes sint in lune . . . fratres rcgni [margin, small but very likely original hand : pro communi
utilitate . . . desolabitur et cetera].
Et in lagam hoc est [ut added above line] legibus pareant [deuote added above line] . . . obedientes
smt.
Et in tyenmannetale . . . quod idem fecit.
Et in fridgilde . . . regni.
Regnauit uero . . . leone papa.
= L. II, 1-9, I a, pp. 16-20.
M m »
268 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Hie inc. decretum Aelstani Regis Westsaxonum. De decimis dandis (in red) ai
Ego Aelstanus transgressione mea . . . alia altari et tercia societati.
Gold initial as before.
= L. 14 a-^, p. 21.
Decretum sapientum Anglie primo exonie, etc. 27''
Hec sunt iudicia. »
Gold initial.
= L. 14 i, p. 22.
Ending : Et si thainus sit qui hoc faciat uel aliquis alius.
Decretum Adestani de pace obseruanda (in red) *8b
Ego Aestanus rex notifico . . . quod ipse.
Gold initial.
= L. 14^, p. 22.
Decretum episcoporum et reliquorum sapientum de cancia . de pace obseruanda (in red) 29
Karissime episcopi tui . . . implere ualeamus.
Gold initial.
= L. 14 /, p. 22.
Decretum episcoporum et reliquorum sapientum londoniarum 30
Hoc est constitutum . . . quam fuit antea.
Gold initial.
= L. I4>«, p. 22.
Hie incipit institutum de ordalio 33*
Precipimus in nomine domini . . . centumuiginti sol. wite.
= L. 14 n, p. 22 : the title differs. Hie inc. inst. is wanting, and we have : De ordalio precipimus.
Regnauit vero . . . imposuit (no colophon) 34
= L. 15, p. 22.
Post pacificatam britanniam . . . explicabitur. Deinde . . . constituit 34
Gold initial.
= L. 17, p. 26.
Rubric. Inc. leges chnutonis Regis anglorum britonura danorum sweuorum Norwegarum 35
Hec sunt instituta . . . ei uelle sit. Amen.
= L. 18, p. 27.
f. 43'' has only two lines of text at top, ending : quibus fuerat ante compellatus. The rest of the page
and three lines at top of 44* are left blank. The text then resumes : Si quis furi obuiabit, and goes on
f. 50*. After uelle sit. Amen is a paragraph :
Istas leges quas angli dicunt eadwardi regis ex chnutonis primum institutione diductas esse sicut ab
antiquis accepimus compendiosa posteris breuitate transcurrimus. Predicto namque eadwardo iElredi regis
scil. filio in regnum reuocato mediante Ailwino Wintoniensi episcopo et godwino comite conuocatis apud hiertes
heued tocius anglie baronibus ita demum in regem suscipiendus auditur . si eis. chnutonis leges et filiorum eius
inconuulsa stabilitate suo tempore mansuras iuramenti satisfactione sanctiret.
f. 50'' is blank.
Decreta domini Regis Willelmi bastardi et emendaciones quas posuit in anglia que olim uocabatur
britannia 51
Hie eciam intimatur . . . super forisfacturam nostram plenam.
Gold initial.
= L- 24, p. 32-
Leges boni Regis eadwardi quas predictus Rex Willelmus postea confirmauit 53
Post adquisicionem anglie prefatug Rex Willelmus
Gold initial.
= L- as. P- 38-
Ends with the section : Item de bono rege eadwardo. Rex autem eadwardus . . . uictoriose adeptus est
hec actenus. L. Gesetze, p. 666.
LEGES ANGLIAE 269
Item de ducibus normannorum in neustria que modo uocatur normannia 73
Primus Normamiie dux RoUo
Gold initial
= L. 26, p. 64.
The sections, which have gold initials, are :
Primus Normannie . . . frater cius et regnauit annis triginta octo
De secundo Willelmo Rege. Anno uero terciodecimo . . . finem fecerunt.
De primo Henrico rege (rubr.). Cui successit Henricus frater eius . . . iusticiam in terra. Duxitque uxorem
generosam , . . de iure boni Regis Eadwardi ultimi. Dilexitque deum super omnia . . . Matillis regina optima.
Obiit uero predictus rex ... in abbatiam quam construxerat. Regina enim Matillis . . . apud Westmonasterium.
Cuius anime propicietur deus.
The first portion of this genealogy is in Liebermann, Uber die Leges Edwardi Conf., 1896, pp. 134 sqq.
De libcrtate ecclesie et totius anglie obseruanda leges henrici primi 75''
Hec sunt denique . . . facial imperare.
Gold initial.
Carta predicti primi Henrici Regis pro iniustis exactionibus et occasionibus a secundo Willelmo Rege
fratre suo qui rufTus uocabatur : regno illatis 75''
Henr. d. g. Rex anglorum . . . Galtero GifTard Comite.
Gold initial
Item epistola eiusdem omnibus fidelibus suis 77
Henr. d. g. Rex anglie . . . Roberto filio Sawardi apud Westmonasterium.
De causarum protractione, etc. 78
s= L. 31, p. 69. Text, Gesetze, p. 547.
Ending f. 123'': Et uulnus ipsum forade preuenerunt.
Expliciunt leges Gloriosi Henrici Regis primi. 1
The rest of the page blank.
De primo Stephano Rege 1 24
Huic successit Stephanus . . . quam construxerat
Carta primi Stephani Regis.
Stephanus d. g. Rex Anglie . . . Willelmo Martel Apud London.
= L. 3a, 33, p. 76.
f. 124''. Blank.
De matillide imperatrice 125
Predictus autem Rex henricus primus . . . sepulta fuit in normannia scilicet apud beccum herlewini.
Gold initial.
De secundo Henrico rege 125
Iste uero secundus rex henricus . , . crimina uero sua fuerunt publica et ualde notoria.
= L- 35. P- 77-
Carta istius secundi regis henrici 125''
Henricus d. g. Rex anglie . . . Teste Ricardo de luci apud Westmonasterium.
= L- 37; t>- 78-
Item epistola eiusdem omnibus fidelibus suis 126
Henr. d. g. Rex anglie . . . Jocelino de Ballolio . apud Westmenstre.
= L. 38, p. 78.
At the bottom of f. i in a sixteenth-century hand are the initials P (or possibly p) • W-.
The hand that has written them is, I think, the same that has added throughout the book a number of
marginalia in Latin and Law French.
A late thirteenth-century hand has also added head-lines and notes in Latin. The purpose of all the
notes is to call attention to points in the text. The two pencil notes quoted above are the only ones I have
seen that are of intrinsic interest : they both mention a liber alex. (I suppose Alexandri.) An explanation
of this has occurred to me which I give for what it is worth. The manuscript of the Leges, which once
270 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
belonged to St. Augustine's Abbey at Canterbury and is now Cotton MS. Titus A. xxvii, contains inter alia
the Gesta Alexandri.
This Canterbury MS. was consulted by Andrew Horn in the fourteenth century, and its variants recorded
by him in his own manuscript (Corpus Chr. Cambr. 70), so that it was regarded as possessing some authority.
My guess is that the annotator of our MS. was referring to Titus A. xxvii, and that Liber Alexandri is his
loose designation of it. A connexion with Canterbury is suggested by the office for St. Thomas on the fly-Jeaf.
The absence of any entry of our MS. from the catalogue of the St. Augustine's Library can be accounted
for. The section of the catalogue which would have contained the books on Civil and Common Law was
never completed, or, at least, has not survived. The catalogue at present ends with the Canon Law books.
If this conjecture be not allowed, we must suppose that Alexander was the name of the then owner, or of
a former owner of the book referred to. In this case it is natural to think of the Chancellor of King Stephen,
Alexander, bishop of Lincoln, who died in 1148, and who may well have owned a manuscript of the
ancient Laws.
It remains to identify the author of the sixteenth-century notes, and of the initials P. W.
156-158. BIBLIA.
Vellum, 457 X 310 mm., three volumes, double columns of 36 lines (vol. Ill has 38).
Cent. XV, in a fine upright Gothic hand : written in Germany.
Binding, brown leather of cent, xviii.
Collation. Vol. I. 1^-33* 33* (wants 5), foliated in red i-cclix.
Vol. II. 1* (wants i) 28-27* (wants 7, 8), foliated i-ccxiii.
Vol. III. I* (wants i) 2*-a5* 26*^ 27* 28^ (wants 6), foliated i-ccxvi.
From the Celestine convent at Metz as will appear.
Contents: Vol. I.
On the fly-leaf in an old hand : A. 2. Primus Tomus.
This leaf is ruled like the rest for text in double columns.
a fo. runt. Quicquid.
Inc. epislola sci leronimi preshiteri \ ad paulinuwz de omwibus diuine hys]torie libris i
At the bottom of f iii in a nearly contemporary hand :
Istud volumen est conuentus bte
Marie celestinorum de metis
Biblia
•I-
Prologue to the Pentateuch. Desiderii mei iv*
V*. Blank.
Inc. liber gene<se)os qui hebraice | vocatur | bresith vi
It has a large initial I the length of the text. The letter is very broad and divided quarterly into four
fields of red (L.) and blue, which are patterned. Near the top and near the bottom are two medallions: green
ground with two red rosettes, scarlet frame : in each the letter S in white pierced vertically by a long white
cross. At the middle a lozenge, green frame, scarlet ground bearing three yellow towers, and a tall cross of
the same between the two in chief Elaborate pen-work surrounds the whole and runs along the lower margin,
xxxiv''. Blank. Exod., xxxv.
At the bottom of xlviii'' is a rather later note (on c. xxvi) :
Ab isto capitulo transi si uis usque ad signum sequens tale (a heart) quia materia tediosa. There are
similar notes at caps, xxix and xxxvi.
f. Iviii. Blank. Leuit., lix.
Note at the top : Transi hinc usque ad ix cap. iiii" folia.
BIBLIA 271
Num., Ixxv. Various notes of omission occur.
lxxxxvii^ Blank. Deut., Ixxxxviii.
Joshua (with prol.), cxvii.
cxxxi''. Blank. Judges, cxxxii. Ruth, cxlvi.
cxlviii\ Blank. Prol. to i Reg., cxlix ; text, cl.
3 Reg., clxx. clxxxv*. Blank. 3 Reg., clxxxvi. 4 Reg., cciv*. ccxxi^ Blank.
1 Par. (prol. : Si septuaginta), ccxxii.
2 Par. (prol. : Eusebius ieronimus), ccxxxix.
Oralio manasse regis iuda with rubric following 2 Par. on f. cclix*.
A note : Nota post hunc librum incipiatur liber esdre in principio 2' vol.
A blank leaf, ruled, follows.
Vol. II.
Inc. prol. in libro primo Esdre. Utnim difficilius • i
Text, i**, with handsome initial.
On iii' at bottom of col. 2 the inscription of the convent of Metz is repeated, ending : Biblia .2.
Nehemiah, vii^ 3 Esdr. (Et fecit), xvl.
Tobit (prol.), xxiv. Judith (prol.), xxxi. Esther (prol.), xxxix.
Job (proU. : Cogor and Si aut), xlvii.
Prov. (prol.), Ixiv. Eccl. (Memini), Ixxvii*. Cant., Ixxxii*, speakers distinguished in the margin by rubrics.
Sap. (Liber sapicntie), Ixxxiv**, a pretty grotesque drawn at the end of the text.
Ecclus. (prol. of Jesus), Ixxxxviii.
TTie Prophets follow. Isaiah (prol.), cxvii.
Hereabouts, letters in the top line are carried up and ornamented with spirited heads washed lightly
with colour.
Ezekicl ends ccxiii**. Blank leaves have been cut out after it.
Vol. III.
Daniel (prol.), i.
The Metz inscription is at the foot of f. iii, ending : Biblia .3.
The minor prophets (proll.), xii*".
I Mace, (proll. of Rabanus, and Machabeorum libri), xxxix\
3 Mace., Iviii.
Gospels. Matthew (proll. : Matheus ex iudea ; Matheus cum primo), Ixx*.
Pauline Epp. Rom. (prol. : Romani sunt in partibus), cxxxv.
Note : Est prefacio b. leronimi in omn&s epistolas Pauli cum prologo speciali in epistolam ad Romanes
in fine huius libri qui hie primitus deberet legL
Acts, clxxvii.
Cath. Epp., clxxxxvii.
Apoc (proL : Omnes qui pie), ccvi.
Ending f. ccxvi*. Following the explicit is this rubric :
Annno (!) domini .M". cccc". xlvi"
v» die septembria completus
fuit liber iste per manus fratris lohannis
pulchri roberti pro monasterio be
ate Marie virginis de metis ordinis
celestinorum. orate pro eo.
On two following leaves (unnumbered) in a slightly later and smaller hand :
Inc. prol. b. Iheronimi in omnes epp. b. Pauli ap.
Primum qucritur
Sequitur specialis in ep. ad Romanos.
Romani sunt qui ex iudeis . . . cohortatur.
272 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Expl. prol. spec. Sequitur argumentum.
Romani sunt partis ytalie, etc.
Require in loco suo.
A piece has been cut out of the last leaf.
Each book and prologue has a large and skilfully executed initial, most commonly in a combination of
blue and red with a quantity of red and blue flourishing about it. The initials to chapters are alternately in
red and' blue. The work does not admit of a detailed description.
159. EVANGELIA (? METZ).
Vellum, 130 X 96 mm., ff. 204, 21 lines to a page. Cent, xii early, in a clear upright
Gothic minuscule : written in Germany. The earlier leaves stained and somewhat
damaged.
Binding, red morocco with gold tooling by Bedford : in velvet case.
Collation : impracticable owing to the tightness of the binding.
Contents :
f. \\ Blank.
Rubr. . . . Opto ut in christo valeas . et memineris mei papa beatissime i
Prologus quatuor evangeliorum.
(P)lures fuisse
Ammonius quidem 3
Inc. aliud argumentum . scl hieronimi presb. 3''
Sciendum etiam ne quis
Rubr. Opto ut in christo (etc. as on i'') . . . beatissime.
Red and black capitals : Beatissimo • Pape • Damaso • Hieroni(mus) 4
Novum opus . . . uicina dixerunt (opto . . . beatissime added in margin).
Inc. argumentum secundum Matheum 5*"
Matheus ex iudea
Expl. arg.
Inc. Breviarium eiusdem de nataU' 6
i. Natiuitas christi . . . (xxviii) de baptismo.
Expl. Brev.
The Canons of the Gospels under arches. 8
Frontispiece to Matthew. la**
Text. Liber generacionis Ihesu Christi, with large initial, and in red and green capitals, occupying the
whole page 13
Prol. to Mark 60
Breviarium, in smaller script : i. Ysaie testimonio iohannes angelus 61
Ending imperfectly in xxxvii : . . . eorum in foro ambitum notat.
Text of Mark beginning imperfectly in ii : Postquam autem traditus 63
Ending 93''.
Prol. to Luke 94
Breuiarium. i. Prefatibne lucas theophilo 94''
Ending (xciiii) : promissum patris missurum se dicens ascendit in celum. Expl. capitula.
Inc. Liber evang. sec. Lucam (99'). '
99^ Blank.
Text. The first page in alternate lines of red and black with spaces between. The initial partly
outlined 100
EVANGELIA (? METZ) 273
Ending I54^ Expl. ewang. sec. Lucam. V • iii • dccc.
Prol. to John 154''
Capitula. i. In prindpio uerbum deus apud deum . . . (xlv) et quod crucis morte foret martyrio
coronandus 155**
Expl. capitula.
Incipiunt euangelia sec. lohannem (158*).
I58^ Blank.
Text The first two lines in red and black capitals with spaces between and ornament indicated. The
initial not inserted i59
Ending 199*: Expl. euangelia quatuor euangelistarum.
In red capitals : Inc. capitulare ewangeliorum de anni circulo igi)^
In nat domini , ad S. Mariam maiorem . Sec. Lucam Kl. III. Exiit edictum, etc. (Kl. = capitulum).
The ca^itu/are like the breuiaria is in smaller script.
The list for the year ends ao4V A leaf is missing after aoi containing Holy Week to the beginning
of July.
Rubric. Inc. l^cctiotus de diuersis causis 204*
Pro ubertate pluui;.
In agenda mortuorum.
Expl. liber ewangeliorum.
Hoc scripto nostri pars est exacta laboris. S04''
lam teneant (sic) nostras . ancora iacta rates.
Hie laus scriptoris . et grati pignus honoris.
Larga manus tribue que bona promeruit.
(In black capitals) Ambrosius me scripsit
The capitulare for the year seems to be entirely Roman.
Omissions in the text of the Gospels especially by homoeoteUulon are fairly frequent. They are supplied
in the margin by more than one good hand. The sections corresponding to the Canons are also written in
the margin in the original hand.
The ornamentation of the tables of Canons is effective but rough. The arches are round throughout.
There is a principal one, and either two, three, or four subordinate ones. The shafts have ornamented bases,
and capitals which may be called Corinthian. The faces of the arches are covered with patterns. The title
of the Canon is usually written in the tympanum in red capitals. The colours employed are red, yellow,
green, and purple.
The single picture, of St. Matthew, is thus arranged. Red marbled frame. A transom about two-thirds of
the way up. Above it a trefoiled arch, under which, on a ground of slate-blue with groups of three white dots,
is an angel half-length (yellow nimbus, robe shaded with red, red and green wings) holding a scroll inscribed in
red Matkeus . euan. Spandrels of green with red and white conventional foliage. Below the transom, ground
of slate-blue, dotted (as above) : outer edge of green. Matthew beardless (yellow nimbus, robes shaded with
red and brown) sits turned to R. holding pen and knife over his book (inscribed Liber generationis . . . Jacob
aulem). The seat and the book-desk are marbled in red and brown. The drawing is very bold, clean,
and good.
The opposite page has a similar frame. The ground is mainly pale yellow. The letter L is in green with
a diaper in black outline at the meeting of the limbs, and is surrounded by very fine bold red conventional
foliage : the execution excellent.
The writer of a notice from one of Quaritch's catalogues pasted into the book says that a monk Ambrosius
was a scribe of note in the monastery of St. Amulf at Metz about A.D. 1070-1090. But I think this date is
too early for the book, which seems to me to belong to the following century.
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274 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
160. HORAE (ITALIAN).
Vellum, 55 x 42 mm., ff. 218, 11 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a Gothic hand of Italian
type : by a Flemish scribe.
Red morocco binding with fine gold tooling : French, of cent, xix early.
epilation, i" 2»-9« (+1) 108-258 ( + 1*) 26^ 27*.
Contents:
Kalendar in Latin in red and black, not full i
Confessio ante missam, followed by the Mass of the Virgin 13
Sequence of the Gospels 27
Hours of the Virgin (use of Rome) : matins only, as it appears 39
Office in Advent, 72. . ^ «
92, 93. Blank.
Seven Psalms and Litany, 94.
Psalter of St. Jerome, 134.
Litany of the Virgin, 176.
Or. S. Augustini. Deus propitius esto, iSS*",
Salue sancta facies, 192.
Memoria of S. Nicholas, 195. 197*. Blank.
Rubric : Quicunque intuetur arina d. n. I. C, etc., followed by the
Prayers of St. Gregory (D. 1. C. adoro te) 198
Quicunque vult, 201.
Obsecro te, 209*.
The Kalendar has : Fed. 1 BrigideV. 20 Eleutheri Ep. Mar.i Albini Ep. 4 AdrianiM. 7 Thome
de aquino. ^/. 5 Vincentii C. (Ferrer). 18 Petri diaconi. 30 Petri M.,r^</. J/^jj/ 18 Brandani Ep. June S
Bonifatii Ep. July ^ Visitatio Marie, red. Aug. 5 Dominici C. 12 Clare V. 19 Magni Ep. M. Oct. 4
Francisci C. Nov. 16 Machuti Ep. Dec. 16 Paulini M.
In the Litany : Martyrs end with Thoma, Petre. Confessors, with Dominice, Francisce' Thoma (de
Aquino), Vincenti (Ferrer), Bemarde, Leonarde. Virgins, with Elisabeth, Clara.
The prayer Obsecro te names the owner, in the clause : Et michi indigno famulo tuo leronimo.
On the fly-leaf is pasted a slip of paper inscribed in an old hand :
Eleonora Gonzaga.
Below this is written in a modern hand :
Firma autografa staccata della primitiva legatura
F. P. Litta.
The decoration is almost confined to a series of borders of decent execution (line and leaf, on plain
ground, with insertions of foliage, &c., in colour).
One picture only remains, at f. 72* (Office of the Virgin in Advent). It is in French-Flemish style, and
represents the Coronation of the Virgin. She kneels before the Son who is throned on R. : a small angel in
red above her should be holding a crown, but is not doing so.
161. HORAE.
Vellum, Id X 75 mm., ff. 191 numbered, 16 lines to a page. Cent, xv (end), in an
Italian-Gothic hand : written by a Flemish scribe.
Binding, red morocco with gold tooling, of cent, xviii early (?)
Purchased from J. Rosenthal of Munich : a slip from one of his catalogues is at
the end.
HORAE 275
Collation. The quires are of 8 leaves : the pictured leaves being ' extra ' leaves. There are no gaps.
Contents :
Frontispiece (2' blank) i*
Kalendar in Latin in red and black : not full 2^
De sancta facie nostri redemptoris. Salue sancta facies 15
Hours of the Cross 18
Hours of the Holy Ghost a6
Hours of the Virgin, secundum usum Romane ecclesie 34
Office of the Virgin in Advent 103
Seven Psalms and Litany 114
Office of the Dead 135
Obsecro te 181
O intemerata . 184''
Quicunque vult iSd*
An erasure of 5J lines at the end.
The Kalendar has: Feb. 6 Amandi Ep., red. 27 Alexandri. Mar. 4 Adrian! M. 31 Sabine V.
Ap. 9 Marie egipciace. 15 Helene rcgine. 30 Quirini M. Afay 14 Seruacii Ep. 16 Dympne V. 26
Bcrnardini C. June 5 Bonifacii Ep., red. 8 Medardi Ep. 14 Valerii Ep. 17 Alexii C. 25 Eligii Ep.,
red. July a Visitatio Marie, red. 3 Trans. Thome, red. 17 Alexii C. Attg. 26 Seuerini Ep. Sept. 26
Cypriani M. Oct. i Remigii et bauonis, red. 4 Francisci C. 14 Calixti pape, red. 21 XI" uirginum.
Nov. 19 Elizabeth vidue. Dec. 1 Eligii Ep., red. 15 Nichasii Ep., red. 18 Lazarii M.
The Litany has : Martyrs, Blasi. Confessors, Marcelle. Monks, Francisce, Benedictc, Anthoni heremite,
Bemardine, Ludouice. Virgins, &c., Clara, Elizabeth.
The suppliant in Obsecro te is masculine.
The decoration is of a high order. As is not infrequently the case in these late books, it is practically
confined to a aeries of full-page pictures, and to the borders of these and of the pages that face them. The
smaller initials demand no notice.
The borders in this book are sometimes the usual ones of pale fluid gold with cut flowers, fruit, insects,
and birds, and sometimes are so treated as to show interiors of buildings or landscapes. In two cases the
picture is treated as if it were the retable of an altar.
The execution is highly skilled, and no doubt the work of a Flemish artist.
f. I*. The book begins with a full-page picture which may originally have stood before Obsecro te. The
border is divided into fields by a series of gold arches. At the bottom is a gold table on which is
a peacock investigating a pot of pinks or daisies. Other openings are filled with jewels or fruits, and
a gold vase.
The picture shows a tent in c, the Virgin and Child seated in it Two angels in gold-coloured robes :
one holds back the hanging of the tent, the other (R.) kneels with a book. Behind, a brick wall, trees, birds
in the sky.
I5\ Treated as a retable (5a/«* sancta facies). Christ in red robe half-length holding a crystal orb with
gold cross, and blessing. Blue ground. In front is a low vested altar with book on desk, chalice with square
blue cover upon it, on which lies the Host (?): a spoon and a pax lie on R.
The rest of the border, and that facing it (i6»), represent the interior of a church painted in fluid gold,
with an altar-tomb, an altar with book on it and candle by it, green riddle, and square red cushion (?) hanging
on the wall by one corner.
I8^ Hours of the Cross. Treated as a retable. The Crucifixion. Magdalene embraces the Cross. The
Virgin swooning, John, and another Mary on L. The centurion on a white horse, and soldiers, on R. Soldiers
in the distance.
In front, a table or altar, on which lie the nails, hammer, dice, curved sword, and pincers. In the border,
L. angel with reed and sponge, column and scourge, R. rope and scourge.
The border of 19' shows part of a building in which are the tomb, purple robe, lantern, cross, ladder,
lance, sword, ewer and basin, cresset, dice, candle, column and cock.
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276 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
a6*. Hours of the Holy Ghost. Pentecost. The Virgin kneeling at a desk in c. Eleven Apostles in
varied attitudes surround her. The scene is a columned building.
The borders are divided much as on f. i^. The spaces, with red and blue grounds, contain plants, scroll-
work, the Dove.
34''. Matins of the Virgin. The Annunciation. Gabriel enters on L. The Virgin kneels at a desk, a red
bed on R. The Dove in a glory. *.
Borders pale gold with pot of pinks, red roses, violets, &c.
53''. Lauds. The Visitation. A brick-and-stone house in the background.
Borders pale gold with conventional scroll-work, birds, acorns, strawberries.
66''. Prime. Joseph (R.) and Mary adore the Child. The stable occupies the C. Men look over broken
walls behind.
The borders show a landscape : at each extremity is a man climbing a tree to reach a bird's nest. Below,
grotesque creatures are fighting.
7a^ Tierce. Two shepherds, one kneeling. An angel in a glory : a fine city in the distance.
Borders pale gold with iris, violets, pansies, columbines, insects.
76''. Sext. Adoration of the Magi, one is a negro. Joseph on R.
Borders pale gold with elaborate garlands of fruit and flowers pecked by red-breasted birds : insects,
Sa*". None. Presentation. Circular altar in C. Joseph and a nimbed maid attend the Virgin. Behind is
a metal screen with candles on the top.
The borders show a landscape with two large circular enclosures fenced by gold wattled rails. Within
each of these are fantastic gold columns, and a pond with birds : white rabbits are feeding on the grass.
87^ Vespers. Two soldiers, one with fine red hose, are struggling with two mothers and killing their
babes. Behind is a half-timbered building and trees.
Borders pale gold with violets, snails, &c.
96''. Compline. Joseph leads the ass to R. In the distance, houses and leafless trees. A soldier is seen
pursuing a mother.
Borders pale gold with pinks, roses, insects.
103^ Advent Office. Coronation. The Virgin in blue mantle, with long golden hair kneels in C. back to
the spectator. The Father (l. in tiara) and Son (R. with orb) hold the crown over her head. The Dove above.
Background pale yellow shading into red and edged by blue clouds.
Borders pale gold with gold foliage, and birds and flowers.
114''. Seven Psalms. In the tank of a great fountain in the courtyard of a palace Bathsheba stands
combing her hair. One of two maids on L. holds up a great convex mirror on a stand. Above on L. David
looks out of a window.
The border shows the same scene over again, with Bathsheba in a pond in a walled enclosure, a maid
watching her, and David at a window.
135''. Office of the Dead. Raising of Lazarus. He kneels, in shroud, near a grave in a grass-plot. Two
men, one holding his nose, look on on L. Christ and two Apostles on R. Trees and church behind. Mary
and Martha do not appear.
The borders are divided, as on f. i. The openings contain candles with scrolls about them, and skulls.
181. Obsecro te. Partial border: at bottom the Man of Sorrows half-length in a pale glory: on R. the
nails, cross, pieces of money, pincers, cock : on L. the column, reed, and lance.
Initial. Pieta : the two figures half-length at the foot of the Cross.
162. HORAE (PARIS).
Vellum, 172 X 135 mm., ff, 203, 13 lines to a page. Cent, xv (middle), in good Gothic
hand.
Modern purple velvet binding.
HORAE (PARIS) 277
Collation, j" 2'-5* 6* 7*-9* lo* 11' (wants a) ia*-i9* (one cane.) jo' 31' (wants a) a2'-a5' a6«.
Contents : Kalendar in French in red, blue (alternate lines), and gold 1
Sequences of the Gospels 13
Obsecro te, 19. O intemerata, 33.
O Maria ptissima, 37''.
Hours of the Virgin (use of Paris : nine lessons in Matins), 39.
Seven Psalms and Litany, loi*.
Hours of the Cross, 120. Hours of the Holy Ghost, la;*.
Office of the Dead, 131.
XV Joys in French, 180.
vii Requests in French, 187.
Or. de nostre dame. O tu trescertaine esperance, 191.
Or. deuant le crucefix. Deus qui uoluisti, 194.
Or. entre leleuacion, eta D. I. C. qui hanc camem, 195.
Aue regina. Salue regina. Regina celi, 196.
Alma redemptoris. Inuiolata, 197.
Concede nos. Magnificat. Ad dominum. Retribue. In conuertendo. Ad te leuaui. Aue. Inter-
ueniat, 198-303.
In gold in the Kalendar : 35 Aug. S. Loys. i Sept. S. Leu, S. Gile. 9 Oct. S. Denis.
In the Litany: Louis, Genevieve.
Decoration. Every page is bordered : line and leaf-work on plain ground : insertion of conventional
foliage in gold and colour : with occasional grotesques.
The Kalendar pictures are introduced into the ornamentation of the borders, without frames or grounds:
the sign half-way up the outer margin, the occupation at bottom.
Jan. Aquarius nude with two pitchers.
Man warming hands and feet at a fire.
Feb. Pisces head to tail : red line connecting their mouths.
Two men hold up their hands : they stand between two trees : a fire on L.
Mar. Aries.
Two men : one prunes vines, one loosens the soil with a mattock.
Ap. Taurus.
Seated lady : a youth gives her a flower.
May Gemini embrace
Lady on horse with hawk on hand.
June Cancer : a red crayfish.
Man mowing.
July Leo.
Man reaping.
Atif. Virgo with palm.
Man and woman threshing.
Sept. Libra held by girl in red.
Man treads grapes.
Oct. Scorpius.
Man sowing.
Nov. Sagittarius, centaur in blue doublet, shoots back to R.
Man beats oaks for pigs.
Dec. Capricorn issuing from comucopiae.
Man spears a boar among trees.
14**. Cock in border.
38^ Two shields : the bearings quite obliterated.
39. Matins of the Virgin. The Annunciation. The angel kneels on L. with scroll Aiie . . .plena.
278 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
In the border are the initials i. i. in gold : and below, a large shield painted over with red.
In the initial : two angels with music scroll inscribed Aue regina celorum salus, and on the initial, very
minute, in gold, the motto Joye sans fin.
Some initials to Psalms contain busts of men, clerks or civilians, nicely painted. A bear tied to a tree occurs
more than once in borders : on f. 51 a woman in a swing.
55''. Lauds. The Visitation : two figures in a landscape. »«
56*. Toad in the border.
68. Prime. Joseph and the Virgin adore the Child : ox and ass in front on R.: shepherds look over the
railings : four small angels on the roof.
73*. Tierce. Two shepherds : angel with scroll Gloria . . . deo. The motto Joye sans fin surrounds
the picture.
77. Warrior in plate armour in the border.
78*". Sext. Adoration of the Magi : motto about it as before.
80, Pheasant in border.
86''. None. The Presentation : on the stone fa9ade of the Temple R. and L. are four statues, two of
prophets and two of warriors. The Temple is a domed structure. The Virgin (attended by the maid) kneels.
The picture to Vespers is gone.
94''. Cotnpline. The Coronation : gold ground. The Virgin kneels : an angel holds her train, another
crowns her. The Father throned on R. Motto as before.
loi''. Seven Psalms. David in prayer in a landscape: God in the sky surrounded by red cherubs.
A river and bridge are conspicuous.
In the initial : i. i. and flowers.
104. Mermaid with comb and glass in the border.
113. Rabbit sitting on bellows.
130. Hours of the Cross. The Crucifixion: L., the side pierced and the sponge offered c the Virgin
swoons : R., soldiers and Jews. Motto as before.
122. Cross with crown of thorns and title in the border.
125*. Man with lance, reed, and sponge.
I27^ Hours of the Holy Ghost. Pentecost. The Virgin on a stone throne: Apostles stand and sit
around her.
128. Swan in a fountain in the border, with neck gorged with a crown.
131. Ofiice of the Dead. A cloistered churchyard. A man digs a grave. Clergy. Mourners with coffin.
In the upper story of the cloister or charnier are skulls. In the sky the soul ascends to God.
I37^ In border angel with scroll Regina cell letare alleluia quia.
142. Man telling beads.
169''. A curious white speckled beast playing bagpipes.
I8I^ Fifteen Joys. The Virgin and Child sitting in a garden with stone battlemented wall : a canopy of
arras over her. A basket of flowering plants near. Two angels play harp and organ.
188. Seven Requests. Gold ground, patterned. The Judge on the rainbow. The Virgin and John
Baptist on clouds. Three dead rising : two angels above with trumpets.
One of the most frequent features in the borders is a beast perhaps meant for an ermine, white, speckled,
with long nose and tail, and wearing a red and gold collar.
The quality of work is good but not fine. The borders are monotonous. Some of the best painting
seems to me to be in the small busts in initials.
We have the initials and motto of the person to whom the book belonged : but the armorial bearings
have disappeared.
HORAE
279
163. HORAE.
Vellum, 155 X no mm., fF. i + 175, 18 lines to a page. Cent, xv late, in a good Gothic
hand of Italian type, and Flemish execution.
Binding, modern black morocco with blind tooling.
Purchased from Messrs. Sherratt and Hughes of Manchester. In the cover is
pasted a description in French from a catalogue of J. Rosenthal of Munich.
Collation. I fly-leaf, i« a* 3' ( + a) 4* ( + 1) 5»-ii*( + »*) "* 13' (+1*) i4»-i6« 17" iS'-ao* (+1) 2i»
( + rour after fifth leaf: wants 7, 8).
Contents:
Kalendar in red and black I
Salutacio ad faciem saluatoris, with frontispiece 13
Oracio ad uulnus lateris christi. Aue plaga lateris 15
Hours of the Cross, with frontispiece 16
Mass of the Virgin 33
Hours of the Virgin, with frontispiece 37
Office of the Virgin in Advent 7*
f. 79. Blank.
Seven Psalms and Litany, with frontispiece 80
Office of the Dead, with frontispiece 97''
Symbolum Athanasii 130
Verses of St. Gregory, with frontispiece and rubric 133
Stabat Mater, with frontispiece, followed by 137
Stabat uirgo iuxta cnicem 139
Ante cnicem uii^o stabat 140
Obsecro te, with frontispiece 141
Prayers of Innocent HI on the Seven Sorrows, with rubric i45
The first prayer begins : Propter illius erroris commotionem
Quedam protestacio ad bene viuendum, etc. 15**
O dulcissimc lesu anime mee benigne redcmptor
Or. dctiotissima ad I. C. 154*'
Recordare domine quod de nichilo me fedsti
Memoriae 160''
Michael, John Bapt, James, Sebastian, Nicholas, Antony of Padua, Helena.
Prayer, with frontispiece and rubric (indulgence of 4000 years from Pope Innocent) 164
Cultcr qui circumcidisti sacrosaiKtam camem christi
Prayers ad sacramentum i^?""
Aue salus mundi uerbum patris, and others: ending 170^ with Aue uerum corpus.
1 7 1- 1 75. .Blank.
The Kalendar has :
Jan. 30. Aldegundis V.
Ftb. 6. Amandi ct vedasti, red.
Afar. 4. Adrian! M.
17. Gertrudis V.
33. Maximi Ep.
38. Columbani M.
31. Pastoris ep.
Af. 16. Petri dyaconi.
30. Quirini M.
May 13. Seruacii ep.
Afqy 19.
30.
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June 5.
8.
13-
14-
7ufy
Potenciane V.
Bemardini C.
Helene regine.
Bonifacii ep., red.
Gildardi et Medardi.
Anthonii de padua.
Basilii ep., red.
35. Eligii C, red.
2. Visitacio b. Marie, red.
3, Transl. S. thome, red.
28o WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Aug. 5. Dominici C. Oct. 12. Geraldi C.
13. Clare V. 14. Donatiani archiep., r^rf.
35. Ludouki regis francie. 16. Galli C.
Sept. 5. Bertini Abb. Nov. 3. Hubert! Ep.
17. Lambert! ep. 19. Elizabeth vidue.
Oct. I. Bauonis et remigii, red. Dec. i. Eligii C, red.
4. Francisci C. 14. Nichasii archiep., red.
9. Dyonisii archiep., r^rf. 17. Lazari M.
The Litany has : Adrian, Louis, P'rancis, Anthony, Dominic, Clara, Anna, Elizabeth.
Decoration. All the principal borders take the form of architectural frames, usually with Gothic niches
and statues done entirely in fluid gold, shaded with brown. Other borders are divided into small fields of
triangular or other geometrical forms, with natural flowers and fruit, birds, &c.
The paintings are skilful and good, but not of the first class. The attribution of them to Memling is
absolutely without foundation.
f. 13. Frontispiece to Salue sancta fades. Full-page. Jesus Christ half-length blessing. He is in rose-
coloured mantle over purple robe, with diagonal green scarf : He holds a crystal orb with tall gold cross in
L. hand. His head is rayed : three of the rays prolonged and floriated. The ground is blue.
The opposite page is framed, and has statues of SS. Peter and Paul. On a purple panel at bottom, in
gold, is : Ihesus redemptor mundi miserere nobis. Saluator mundi adiuua nos.
f. 15. Oracio ad uulmis lateris dextri. Partial border.
In text : two angels in purple hold between them the wounded Heart. Ground blue with Ihs in gold,
f. 16. Hours of the Cross. Full-page. The frame has statues of Adam and Eve on columns: round these
are scrolls inscribed respectively I C L I and O M D {lesu Christe . . . and O mater Det).
A panel below is inscribed in gold :
O passio magna O profunda vulnera
O effusio sanguinis O dulcis dulcedo
O mortis amaritudo Da mihi vitam eternam.
In the angle on L. is the bust of a youth.
The picture represents Christ crucified, in a landscape. On L. the Virgin and another woman kneeling,
John standing : on R. three Jews richly clad.
The opposite page is framed : statue of angel with sword. Inscription below, O homo, memento mori.
Skull on R.
f. 22. Missa b. v. M. Framed page, with statues on green ground,
f. 27. Hours of the Virgin. Full-page, framed, with statue.
The Annunciation : both figures half-length. The angel (l.) has sceptre and scroll Aue . . . et bene{dictus).
The Dove on a ray. Behind the Virgin, a red bed with white pillow worked with crosses crosslet at the
corners.
i{». Framed.
the Visitation. Two half-length figures in landscape.
: Joseph (shielding candle-fiame) and the Virgin adore the Child,
Two shepherds in amaze : a glory in the sky.
Adoration of the Magi : one is a negro.
The Presentation : Symeon in gold mitre and chasuble.
The Flight. Joseph follows the ass to L.
Herod stands on L. Two soldiers slaughter children : a mother
fallen to the ground.
The Virgin crowned kneels to the Son, throned on R. with
imperial crown, and orb.
f. 80''. Seven Psalms. Full-page, framed, with statues. David in prayer. A palace on L., some black-
and-white buildings on R. God is seen in the sky holding three darts.
f. 8i\ Framed, with statues on blue ground: at bottom a recumbent corpse, and a skull. The Raising
f. a8». Framed,
f. 41. Lauds.
Partial border.
In text :
f. 49*". Prime.
Partial border.
In text
f. 53". Tierce.
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JJ
f. 57. Sext.
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f 60. None.
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I. 63. Vespers.
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f. 68. Compline
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f. 72. Office in
Advent.
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of Lazarus. He stands in an earth-grave in C, behind him kneel Martha and Mary, cind behind them stands
a Jew holding his nose. Christ and Apostles on R. Buildings and a view behind,
f. 83'. Framed, with statues on red ground.
f. 130. Quicunque vult. Partial border. In text : St. Athanasius half-length, as bishop, in a building,
with crosier and book.
f. 133''. Prayers of St. Gregory. Full-page, framed, with statues. The Mass of St. Gregory. The Vision
of Christ over the altar on R. He stands in the tomb holding the lance and reed : His wounds bleed into the
chalice. Behind and about Him are the column, cock, scoui^es, nails, cross with title, buffeting hand, and
three heads of men. Gregory kneels. A cardinal holds up his chasuble, another holds the train. A third
cleric holds a candle.
f. 134'. Framed, with statues on green ground: one is of a cardinal.
f. I37'*. Stabat mater. Full-page, framed, with statues. Pieti. John on L., Magdalene on R. Cross and
landscape behind,
f. 138*. Framed.
f. I4I^ Obsecro te. Full-page, framed : statues of Moses and Aaron on dark ground. Inscription below,
in gold Ecce ancilla . . . vcrbum tuum. The Annunciation : a room with a tiled floor and bed on R. Gabriel on
L. with sceptre. The salutation Aiu.. . tecum written in gold in the air. On a ray, the Dove, followed by the
Child who bears a T-shaped cross,
f, 14a*. Framed, with statues.
f. 154'*. Recordare domine. Partial border. In text : Christ in purple, half-length, with crystal orb,
blessing. Ground blue.
f. 160' sqq. Memoriae. Partial borders and pictures in text:
f. 160*. Michael standing on the devil : tiled floor. Blue ground.
f. 16 1*. John Baptist with lamb and book in landscape : blue mantle over garment of skin,
f. I6l^ James the Great with long staff and book : hat on back,
f. 163*. Sebastian in red hose only : shot by an archer on I«
f. ids'". Nicholas as bishop : three boys in tub on L.
f. i63». Anthony of Padua in dark habit with crucifix and small nude kneeling figure on book,
f. 163*. Helena, empress, with cross and book : blue ground.
f. 164*. Prayers of Innocent. Full-page, framed : statues on blue ground.
The Man of Sorrows, standing in the tomb, surrounded by the instruments of the Passion. He is
crowned with thorns and holds the lance, reed, and scourge. The purple robe lies on the edge of the tomb.
The three caskets stand also on the edge of the tomb. Behind are the cross with title, column with cock,
ropes, and scourges, two hands (one pulling the hair of Christ, the other opened to strike), a turbaned head,
a hand holding a rod, the nails, and dice. Red ground.
f. i65». Framed : statues on dark ground.
164. HORAE (PARIS).
Vellum, 220x155 mm., ff. 267, 14 lines to a page. Cent, xv (circ. 1430), in a fine
Gothic hand.
Red velvet binding : gold clasps (xix) with figures in relief of Moses and Aaron on the
clasps, and of the four Evangelists on the portions attached to the covers. The covers are
lined with blue morocco tooled in gold of cent, xix early.
Collation, i'* (5 replaced) 2* j* 4' (8 cane.) 5' (wants i) 6'-ii* (wants 5) ia'-i4» (wants i) 15' (1 replaced)
16* 17* 18' 19* 2o« ai'-a;* (gap) a* (two) 39* 30* 31'* 3a*'' 33 (three ? : no gap) 34* i^* : followed by some
33 leaves of blank paper, and fly-leaves.
Contents: Kalendar in French in red and blue (alternate lines) and gold f. i
The leaf containing May is from an inferior book.
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282 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Pater noster, 13. Aue, 14. Credo, a8. Benedicite (before meat), 31. Deus pads (after meat), 32.
Misereatur and Confiteor, 38.
Sequences of the Gospels, 41. Mark is followed by Ver. Ascendens Christus, etc., and Collect: Deus
cuius filius in alta celorum.
Passio secundum iohannem, 60. Ver. Tuam aurem. Collect : Deus qui manus tuas.
66. Blank.
Hours of the Virgin (use of Paris, wanting f. 1 of matins), 67. First leaf of Text also wanting, and of
Compline.
Seven Psalms and Litany, iii. The first leaf (iii) supplied from an inferior book.
Hours of the Cross, 133. Hours of the Holy Ghost, 145.
Office of the Dead, 153. Lauds, 193.
Obsecro te (wanting first leaf), 309.
Aue cuius concepcio, 213.
Gaude uirgo mater Christi (les .v. ioyes), 215*.
Les vii. ioyes. Gaude Acre uirginali, 217.
Salue regina, 220, followed by : Aue regina celorum. Inuiolata. Alma redemptoris. Omnip. sempit.
deus qui gloriose uirginis.
Depuis pasques iusques a lascention. Regina celi.
Memoriae, 223. Of the Trinity, SS. Michael, John Bapt, Peter, Paul, Christopher, Fiacre, Nicholas,
Martin, Antony, Ouen, James the Great, Stephen, Eustace, Gervais, Sebastian and Fabian, Leger, Cosmas,
Clarus, Claudius, Denis, Laurence, Katherine, Margaret, Cecilia, Genevieve, Lucy, Faith, Agatha, Avoye,
Agnes, Magdalene.
Hymns, 26a. Veni creator. Vexilla regis. Christe qui lux es. Eterne rex altissime. Pange lingua
gloriosi. Iste confessor.
Kalendar. May. An inserted leaf of inferior execution with entries (not full) in gold, red, and blue, has
TVanslacion S. Ouen in red on May 5. Nicolas in gold May 9, Yldeuert May 27. It is probably from
a Rouen book.
In the rest of the Kalendar only the very great feasts are in gold, not Genevieve or Marcel.
The Litany has : Confessors. Marcelle, Germane, Eligi, Egidi, Maglori, Sanson, Ludouice, Thoma.
Virgins. The last is Genouefa.
With the book are the following documents :
(a) A short description of it when ' in the possession of Sir Gregory Page Turner '. Ending :
' This Beautiful Book remained in the Collections of the Kings of France till the Revolution.'
(6) Two notes, dated 1824, one descriptive, headed :
Brought from Battlesden Park.
The other a note of sale :
Revd. (perhaps erased) S. Higgs.
1824. B& at I. Christies.
Nov. 4. 5. 39. 99. 15. o.
(c) Letter from Charles Read, Chef des travaux historiques et du Mus^e de la Ville de Paris, dated
20 Nov. 1 867, and addressed to Dr. F. W. Richards, suggesting the sale or loan of the book.
{d') Copy of Dr. Richards' answer 22 Nov., 1867, declining to sell.
(e) Extract from a printed sale catalogue of Sotheby's, descriptive of the book.
Decoration. This is exceedingly rich and copious, and much of it is the work of a most accomplished
artist.
Every page is bordered fully. Line and leaf work on a plain ground is the basis, with insertions of con-
ventional and naturalistic foliage, &c., in gold and colour. Peacocks are noticeably frequent in the borders.
A plain band of gold and lake with black boundary lines and a single white line on the colour separates
the text from the border.
Initials and line-fillings are on burnished gold grounds.
The borders are rich in effect but monotonous in design.
HORAE (PARIS) 283
Kalendar — pictures. The zodiacal sign is in a medallion half-way up the border. The occupation in
a iai^er medallion in the lower margin.
1. Jan. Aquarius, nude, kneels on one side and pours from a gold jug into a river. A gateway behind
him on R.
2. A man feasting, on a settle, back to a fire-place : round wickerwork fire-screen, and fire-dogs. He is
in rich red gown with fur : black and white flat cap. Two servants wait on him, a third with wand guards
a buflct of plate behind on R.
3. Feb. Pisces in stream.
4. Two men warm themselves at fire on L. : one binds, another carries, a faggot : a fourth cuts down
a tree on R.
5. Mar. Aries in landscape.
6. .Three men prune vines which arc set in pits.
7. Ap. Taurus in landscape.
8. Three ladies sit in a garden and pick flowers. Tfic one on L. in blue with tall conical head-dress and
veil : the second in purple-red with heart-shaped head-dress : the third in fine red with black head-dress.
May. Inserted leaf without picture: perhaps removed because the picture of Gemini had a shield
serving to identify the owner.
9. June. Cancer, crayfish in water.
10. Man cutting hay, woman raking.
1 1. July. Leo among rocks : den with other lions.
IX Man and woman cutting golden corn.
13. Aug. Virgo among golden sheaves.
14. In bam : two men thresh. A third shovels grain into a sack.
15. Sept. Libra held by a woman: arras and trellis behind and on R.
16. Three men : treading grapes and pouring must into cask.
17. Oct. Scorpius.
18. Man on horseback, harrow attached : another sowing. In ploughed field.
19. Nov. Sagittarius : white centaur shooting backwards to R.
aa U Huntsman with three dogs, one pulling down a stag.
R. Man beating oak-tree for pigs.
31. Dec. Capricorn : lower part a comucopiae.
aa. Boar at bay : man with spear, facing him : three dogs : horseman behind on L.
The main series of pictures now begins. The larger ones have arched tops. All are large except where
otherwise stated.
33. Pater noster. Above : Christ throned on clouds, in gold robe : angels play instruments on R. and L. :
background of red seraphs.
Below : landscape seen over a coloured arras : in the foreground a group of worshippers turned to
Christ. In C. a man in red gown, and a lady with tall head-dress and veil. Ecclesiastics on L. Cripple and
poor folk on R.
24. Initial. Noli me tangere.
Gold fountain, stork, swans, peacocks, in the border.
%$. Ave Maria. Above, the Trinity: the Son (L.) with cross, the Father (R.) with tiara.
Below, in C. the wall of a windowed stone building: L. the Annunciation, the angel flying down:
R. landscape with figures : a woman carrying a basket of birds on her head.
a6. Credo. In a room : a group of the Apostles seated each with an inscribed scroll bearing his clause
of the Creed.
a7. Initial. Above, the Trinity : below, a group of worshippers looking up,
a8. Benedicite. Above, Christ in dark purple stands blessing a loaf of bread, between Peter and Paul (?)
seated with books.
Below, a group of seven people seated and standing: including two who may be the Virgin and
Joseph.
O o a
284 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
29. Deus pacis. In an apsidal building, Christ at the head of an oval table on which are a flagon and two
bowls. The Apostles stand about it.
30. Confiteor. In a church. A confessor in black on a wooden seat, on L. a lady penitent in red with
tall head-dress and transparent veil covering her face kneels to him. Three others, one a lady, sit, stand,
or kneel on R.
31. Sequences of the Gospels. John, in red, sits writing, on the island. Devil on R. about to steal hia ink-
bottle. ' Eagle on L. excited. Deer and birds on the island. In air, half-length, the Christ of the vision.
Two swords proceed from His mouth. The seven stars are on L., the seven candlesticks on R.
Initial. Sea and ship.
3a. Luke, in blue, writing in a fine room with books on floor and tables. The ox couching.
33. Matthew in a fine wooden roofed hall. The angel holds the ink.
34. Mark. His desk is conspicuous. The lion on L.
The first leaf of Matins of the Virgin is gone.
35. Lauds. The Visitation: in a fine landscape. A maid attends the Virgin and an older woman,
Elizabeth.
Initial. Half-length of Joseph with stick and keg on shoulder.
'},6. Prime. Joseph and Mary adore the Child : also three small angels. The stable on L. The shepherds
approach in the distance.
Initial. A shepherd.
37. Tierce. The angel with scroll puer natus est, and shepherds. A good picture. There is a stone
well-head in C. The woman who so often appears in this scene is putting a wreath on the head of a shepherd.
Initial. Shepherd and dog.
{Sext is gone.)
38. None. The Presentation. A maid attends the Virgin. Symeon is not nimbed. The temple has
a golden dome.
Initial. Joseph with staff" and candle.
39. Vespers. The Flight. Joseph leads the ass to R. The husbandman (reaping) and soldiers in
the background.
Initial. A soldier killing a child.
(Compline gone.)
. 40. Seven Penitential Psalms. Inserted leaf, with a bad bright stiff" picture of David in pfayer, in a
courtyard : a table with crown, harp, and ink-pot before him, a curtained canopy behind him. God in the sky.
41. Hours of the Cross. The Betrayal: a fine crowded picture. Malchus lies on L. Jesus holds his ear
in His R. hand. Peter sheathes his sword.
Initial. A soldier in high hat and high boots leads on another.
In the border are seven medallions, viz.:
42. The Raising of Lazarus.
43. The Entry into Jerusalem.
44. The sop given to Judas. John lies on Jesus' breast.
45. The washing of feet.
46. Christ wakes the sleeping Apostles.
47. The Agony. The angel holds a cup. Soldiers approach on L.
48 (smaller). Christ standing : on R. two or three soldiers in armour have fallen backwards.
49. Prime. Christ among soldiers before Pilate, who is washing his hands, and speaking or listening to
his wife on R.
50. Tierce. The Crowning with thorns. The crown is pressed down upon Christ's head with two staves.
A man in front gives Him a reed.
51. Sext. The Nailing to the Cross. The thieves are already hung on f-shaped crosses. The right
hand of Christ is being nailed. A man stretches the arm with a cord and places his foot on Christ's body.
Another bores the Cross for the nail at the feet. In front a smith is forging a nail.
5a. None. The Piercing of the Side. The Virgin has swooned. Magdalene embraces the Cross. The
HORAE (PARIS) 285
centurion has the scroll uerefilius, etc The legs of the thieves are broken. On R. is the man with the reed
and sponge. The blindness of Longinus is not indicated.
53. Vespers. The Deposition. The Virgin is supported by John on L. One of the women supports the
legs of Christ. Magdalene on R.
54. Compline. The Burial. The tomb is across the front of the picture. The arrangement recalls the
Saints S^pulcres. Five figures — two women, the Virgin, John, another woman — stand full face (from L.).
Joseph and Nicodemus in front bear the body. John touches the shroud. Some soldiers approach in the
distance.
55. Hours of the Holy Ghost. Pentecost. Not quite the conventional scheme. The building is shown
partly as an exterior. The Virgin is the conspicuous figure.
Initial. Two apostles with books looking up.
56. Office of the Dead. Placebo. An interior. A dying man in a canopied bed : nude, with head-cloth.
A woman closes his eyes. Nearer the front a woman in a chair reads. On R. a row of two friars and four
monks sit on a settle, back to the fireplace. Farther away is a table with holy-water pot, cross, and candle :
and near it two men open a chest full of money.
Initial. Sexton in black cap, purple gown, and black scarf over R. shoulder, walks along carrying
a handbell (announcing the death).
Man fights dragon in border.
57. Matins. Dirige. The ofl^ce in choir. The hearse has at one end a band of azure semee with
fleurs-de-lys or, and the candles borne by mourners on L. have shields of the same. Friars, monks, mourners.
A man in rich red robe is present as well as the clergy. The spectator looks eastward, and the end of the
coffin is presented to him.
58. Lauds. Requiem. The funeral in the churchyard. The shrouded corpse is being laid in the grave
by one man, two others hold the rich pall above. Mourners are at the head and foot. The priest is sprinkling
the holy water.
The churchyard which is surrounded by buildings was thought to be the Cimetitre des Innocents at
Paris : but I doubt the attribution. There is a small square structure with open upper story and conical
roof, near the centre of it.
The next pictures illustrate the Memoriae. The beginning of a prayer to our Lord is gone.
59. Aue cuius concepdo. A coped angel meets Joachim and Anna in a landscape : the heads of some Jews
are iccn on R.
60. The Five Joys. The Virgin praying (in the Temple?). Gabriel with sceptre flies down. On i..
three maidens in prayer.
61. The Seven Joys. The Virgin crowned and throned, and the Child. Angels play harp, trumpet, lute,
organ, and three sing from a noted scroll. Canopy, with arras.
6a. Salve regina. A similar picture : but here there are only two angels with lute and organ. The
Dove is above the Virgin's head.
63. The Trinity. The Baptism of Christ. Angels on R. and L. hold the garments. The Dove descends
on a ray on which is written in gold hie est filius mats in.
64. St Michael, in gold cuirass with sword and spear topped by a jewelled cross, stands on one devil
and fights another. Behind, in c. buildings on a hill (Mont St Michel ?), R. and L. ' skies ' of blue angels.
65. Decollation of John Baptist The body leans forward out of a window in a castle wall. The swords-
man puts the head into a great silver dish held by Salome on L. : Herod and others on R.
66. St. Peter with keys at girdle sits in a grated prison (part of a castle) with his hands closely chained
together : an angel in white is releasing them.
67. St. Paul falling with his horse. On a ray which smites him is written in gold solus solus cur me
perceeuris. No other figures.
68. St. Christopher, bound to a column in front on R., is shot by two archers. Behind is the prefect
throned among courtiers. An arrow strikes him in the breast and he falls forward.
69. St. Fiacre, in black over white, cuts down a whole row of trees with an axe : spade and pick lie by
him. A woman in red on R. addresses him.
286 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
70. St. Nicholas half-length in air, richly vested. In front a ship attacked by two devils who break the
mast. Two people in the sea : others in the ship.
71. St. Martin elevates the Host: an angel flies down bearing two blue and gold sleeves. The servers,
vested in blue, look up. Martin's chasuble is red. (Martin had given his tunic to a beggar. The angry
archdeacon had bought him a poor short-sleeved /a^««/« instead, in which he went to celebrate [Beleth, quoted
in Golden Legend\)
ji: St. Anthony in dark habit and skull-cap with stick, bell, and fire at his feet, is attacked and beaten
by three devils. His cell and chapel behind.
73. St. ' Oyn ' vested in red chasuble consecrated as bishop. Six bishops are present. Two place the
mitre on his head. Two deacons in front with book and crosier.
74. St. James the Great beheaded on a block. Pilgrim hat and staff lie in front. Jews on R. Compare
the picture by Fouquet from the Chevalier Hours at Chantilly.
75. St. Stephen stoned by three men : one in front gathers stones in a basket, Saul sits on L., another by
him. Above, Christ with orb. Red and blue angels on R. and L.
76. St. Eustace in red tunic, black hose (or boots), gold spurs, kneels. The stag with the crucifix between
the horns goes off on R. Horse and dogs on L. and in front.
77. SS. Gervase and Protase vested in red are raised out of a river by two angels. Spectators in
front on R.
78. St. Sebastian (L.) is shot at by two archers. A small angel with a crown above him. Troops on R.
79. St. Leger vested in red and mitred sits with bound hands in a building. Two men bore out his eyes.
Men look out of windows above.
80. SS. Cosmas and Damian with bound hands are cast out of a ship in a calm sea. Above, Christ
among angels.
81. St. Clarus (first bishop of Nantes) as bishop in blue cope, with crosier, kneels to a Pope attended by
two cardinals who stand on R. under a canopy in an apse. Two other coped figures kneel on L. The Pope
is St. Linus, first successor of Peter.
83. St. Claudius of Besan9on as bishop in red cope, with cross-staff, stands on L. admonishing a bear which
is drawing a two-wheeled cart. An ox harnessed tandem-wise in front of the bear looks back at the saint.
Four masons in the background are building a church. (The bear had killed one of the oxen and was forced to
take its place.)
83. St. Denis in red chasuble and mitre, attended by Rusticus and Eleutherius in blue dalmatics, is seen
at the ogee-arched window of a fine stone building. Outside, our Lord, holding the Host and chalice, housels
him. Two angels, one holding the cruets, kneel.
84. St. Laurence nude on the gridiron in a low stone enclosure. Three tormentors with forks. Ruler
and others stand at his head.
8,5. St. Katherine being beheaded. The angel breaks the wheels on L. Dead men. Spectators in the
distance.
86. St. Margaret bound, back to a stake and tormented with torches by seven men. Olybrius the
ruler on R.
87. St. Cecilia in blue kneels, and her husband in red sits, under a canopy with green and gold arras : an
angel flies down holding two red crowns over their heads.
88. The foreground is occupied by a view of Paris. The Seine in front. Two bridges with houses on
them, leading to the tie Notre-Dame. The church of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are seen. Above,
in air, St. Genevieve kneeling in red with candle : a devil on L. with bellows : an angel on R.
This is the picture that interested M. Charles Read.
It was noticed in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1861, p. 376.
89. St. Lucy in red on R. stands in prayer. Two oxen goaded by a man try vainly to drag her by ropes
towards a river on L. Spectators behind. The Divine Hand in the sky.
90. St. Faith on L. touches the eyes of a kneeling man with staff: five other blind men and women
approach. A gold chapel behind,
91. St, Agatha hung by her hair to a gibbet. Two men torment her with pincers. Spectators on R.
HORAE (PARIS) 287
9a. St. Avoye in red seen at the window of a stone building, as in no. 83. The Virgin housels her.
Two angels kneel holding the cruets.
93. St. Agnes bound, back to a stake ; a little lamb at her feet. The flames do not touch her, but invade
two groups of men on U and R., one of whom is about to behead her.
94. The Noli me tangere. Magdalene kneels on L., her casket by her. The scene is a garden with
trellises. Our Lord carries the Resurrection-cross and banner (white cross on red).
The condition of the book is very good. The pictures show a most practised hand : the colouring is
wonderfully bright and fine. The tradition that the owner was a member of the Royal Family of France
receives some support from the occurrence of the arms of France in the funeral-picture.
165. ABBOT ISLIP. DEVOTIONS.
Vellum, 115x80 mm., ff. 10+76+10, 13 lines to a page. Cent, xv late, well written,
in upright Gothic hand : with curious ornamentation.
The binding is of dark brown leather over wooden boards : with remains of two metal
clasps. On each cover is a panel of gold tooling consisting of a frame of roll-ornament,
angle-ornaments in the form of elaborated fleurs-de-lys, central panel with the arms of
England and France quarterly (for Henry VII?). The shield is put together in part at
least out of stamps originally separate : for instance, its outline is composed of four curved
pieces of branch-ornament and two plain curved pieces back to back : and the pale or
vertical dividing line is a rod with a fleur-de-lys at each end.
Collation, a* (i lining the cover) b* : i* ( + I*) a*-9* lo* (wants 4): c* d* (a lining the cover).
Contents :
Quire d has on its first 4 leaves prayers added in a clear hand of cent, xvi or xvii early, viz. :
(a) Stella maria maris.
(t) The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The vertue of his Holy passin.
(c) Per signum ta (i.e. Tau) Tu a peste et fame libera nos Jhesu. hie est titulus Triumfalis hie est Jhesus
Nazarcnus rex iudeorum. Christus venit in pace et deus homo factus est Jhesus. Amen.
(d) To St. Roche against the Pestilence.
O how magnificent is thy name (followed by a Collect in English).
(e) A prayer to St. Apolonia.
O Apolonia noble vergin of Christ (followed by Collect).
The remainder of quire 6 is blank.
The original MS. begins with a frontispiece f. i
Prayers : Te inuocamus te laudamus domine deus pater omnipotens ex quo omnis patemitas a
Confiteor tibi domine I. C. omnia peccata mca 4
Psalms xxi (xxii) Deus deus mens to xxx (xxxi) In te domine speraui, ending with v. 6 (domine deus
ueritatis) 6
Antiphon : Christus factus est. CotUct : Respice quesumus domine super banc familiam tuam
Passio d. n. I. C. secundum lohannem 22
Or. Deus qui manus tuas 24
De VII verbis domini or. D. I. C. qui septem uerba 35
Orationes dicte quindecim O. O D. L C. etema dulcedo (by St. Bridget of Sweden) a8
Gracias tibi ago d. I. C. qui voluisti pro redempcione 41
O bone Ihesu O dulcis Ihesu 43 *"
In te inimicos nostros uentilabimus comu . . . et letetur cor meum ut timeat nomen tuum domine 46''
Ver. Sit nomen domini benedictum. Or. Deus virtutum cuius est totum quod est optimum
O intemerata 47''
Obsccro te 51
288 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Gaude uirgo mater christi, with Collect, &c. 57
Gaude flore virginali „ „ 59
Stabat mater ., „ 61"
Stella cell exstirpauit „ „ 64''
The Five Joys : Aue cuius concepcio, with Collect, &c. 66
Domine deus omnipotens ... da michi famulo tuo .N. uictoriam ^ 69
Headings of Psalms follow : Deus itt nomine tuo. ludica me deus. Deus misereatur nostri. De profundis.
Voce mea ad.
Or. Miserere miserere nobis miseris 7^
O bone Ihesu duo in me agnosco 72
Ad eleuacionem. In presencia sacrosancti corporis 73
O d. I. C. qui hanc sacratissimam carnem 75*'
Aue uerum corpus 76''
Quire c in the same hand as quire b has :
A praire to St. Anne. O God which hast voutsafed to bestowe
Devotion to St. Winifred.
(Memoria) Aue gemma claritatis ad instar carbuncuH
Ora pro nobis sancta Wenefreda, etc.
Deus qui b. Wenefredam
Oremus. Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui b. Wenefredam
Litany of St. Winifred in English. (5 pp.)
The himme. For Winefrede vir(g)ine pure
that ouercomminge youthful lures
didst serue our Lord a life secure
eternall life to gaine, &c. (7 stanzas).
When y" mayde was dead, then y tirant raged,
where y° head did rest, there a fountaine flowed :
whose water is now loued for diseases it healeth
and y* bloody collour yet on stones remaineth :
O Blessed Wenefrede intercession make
that we may all wickednes vtterly forsake.
O God who didst rayse from death the blessed virgin St. Wenefrede, &c.
The next leaf but one has on the verso :
Remember Robt. Smallwood, 1539.
On the following leaf written the reverse way, in the hand of quire b. Sec, is a prayer in English
partly erased :
O My most blessed lord and saviour who of thine infinite bounty hast not only visited the sick in
person, &c.
The following names of owners occur :
Quire b after the prayer Stella Maris :
Katharin : Fortescue (second in date).
Katheren : Poole (earliest in date).
Elizabeath : Warneforde (latest in date).
Katheren Poole wrote the prayer Stella Maris.
Eliz. Warneforde wrote the devotions in English to SS. Roch, Apollonia, Winifred. All are of cent. xvi.
In modern times the book belonged to Edwin H. Laurence, F.S.A. (see the fly-leaf), lot 528 in his
sale, 189a, and to Lord Amherst of Hackney, in whose sale it was no, 74a.
The original maker and owner was John Islip, the well known abbot of Westminster from 1500 to 1532.
He has introduced the rebus of his name into many of the borders, consisting of a human eye and a slip or
branch of a tree. In the border on f. a is also a scroll inscribed in gold islip. His own figure is also
introduced, in one case with a mitre behind it.
ABBOT ISLIP. DEVOTIONS . 289
Other devices which occur in the borders are roses both red and white, and the split pomegranate.
Besides these there are strawberries, pinks, and blue flowers.
The style of the decoration is very rough and unskilled, the colours pale, the drawing poor. The borders
are modelled on those commonly used at the time, in which natural flowers, &c., are set on a ground of fluid
gold. The gold is here replaced by yellow.
The writing and smaller initials are by a practised hand.
The pictures are :
f. i"*. Full-page. Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John. Landscape with city.
f. 5. Large initial. The Man of Sorrows standing in the tomb ; rays about Him, the cross behind. IC.
XC. in gold on the red ground.
f. ai. Initial. Christ in red robe holding a green knotted branch (Ecce Homo).
f. a8. Fifteen Oos. Half-page. St. Bridget of Sweden in white head-kerchief and blue mantle over red,
kneeling at desk on L., a canopy behind her. Green and black tiled floor. Pink ground with gold hatching.
On R. Christ appears half-length in a blue cloud showing His hands and side wounded.
f. 43*. O bone Ihesti. Initial. Christ in purple robe, seated with orb, blessing : pink ground with gold
hatching.
f. 47^ O intetnerata. Half-page. Pink ground with gold hatching. The Virgin (l.) holding the Child :
another figure facing R. which ought to be St. John but seems to be a woman.
f. 52. Obstcro te. Ground as before. The Virgin crowned and the Child seated on R. Islip kneels on
L in black habit with crosier: mitre behind him. Scroll on which is an eye, perhaps a slip, and Pastori
succurre Maria Johanni, i.e. Islip Pastori, &c.
f. 57. Gaude inrgo. Initial. Pink ground. The Annunciation. The Virgin on L.
/. 58*. Gaude /lore. Half-page. Pink ground. The Father throned on R. T^he Virgin kneeling to Him,
a crown above her head. Llip kneeling on L. at desk ; a mitre behind him.
f. 61^. Stabat mater. Half-page. The Virgin seated ; seven swords in her bosom. A landscape behind.
f. 66*. Aue cuius concepcio. Half-page : ground partly pink and gold. Islip kneels at desk on L. On
R. the golden gate and Joachim and Anne embracing.
The following pictures are uniform with this in size and illustrate the same text.
f. (>ft^. The Birth of the Virgin. A woman holds the infant, another with a jug feels the warmth of the
water in a tub. Anne in bed behind.
f. 67*. The Annunciation. The Virgin on L. Lily-pot in centre. Gabriel on R. with scroll ave— plena.
f. 67*. The Presentation. Virgin, Joseph, and Maid on L., altar in C, Symeon on R.
f. 68*. The Assumption. Background of sky. The Virgin borne up by four demi-angels.
166. (R.-S. 16286) BIBLIA.
Vellum, 387 x265 mm., ff. 313, double columns of 60 lines. Cent, xiii in a good
pointed hand. English work.
Bindings modern, brown morocco antique with gilt ornaments by F. Bedford. From
the library of Henry White. J. P., D.L., F.S.A.
Collation. Modern fly-leaves. i"'-i3" 14^ i5"-3i" 3a* (wants 8).
Contents :
Prologue. Jerome to Paulinus. Frater Ambrosias i
Prol. to Pentateuch. Dcsiderii mei 3
Gen.-DcuL
Jos. Prol. Tandem finito.
Jud. Ruth.
1-4. Reg. ProL Uiginti et duas. 7^'
I , a. Par. ProL St .Ixx. interprctum. Prayer of Manasses absent.
P p
290 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Esdr. I (Ezra). Prol. Utrum difficilius.
Esdr. II (Nehemiah). Colophon. Expl. liber Esdre P». Inc. secundus.
Esdr. Ill or II (4 Esdr. i, ii). Expl. liber Esdre IP'. Inc. liber III"'.
Esdr. Ill (3 Esdr. or 1 Esdr. of Apocrypha). Et egit iosias pascha.
This is the less common of the two old Latin versions of the book.
Ends : secundum dispositionem domini dei israel. v,
Expl. lib. esd. III. Inc. HIP'.
Esdr. IV (4 Esdr. iii-xiv).
Expl. lib. Esd. quartus. Inc. liber quintus.
Esdr. V (4 Esdr. xv, xvi).
Judith. Prol. Apud hebreos.
Esther. Prol. Librum hester uariis.
Ruffini rursum in libro hester. Alphabetum usque ad thecam {sc. theta) litteram
f. 12,6 is in narrower columns, and has the verso almost wholly blank.
Tobit. Prol. Cromatio et eliodoro.
I, a Maccabees. No prol.
Preliminary matter to the Psalter :
(a) Dauid filius lesse cum esset.
(li) Psalterium rome dudum positus.
{c) Scio quosdam putare psalterium in .v. libros.
The Psalter in two versions.
In Christi nomine inc. psalterium de translatione Ixx*" interpretum datum (? emendatum) a S. leronimo
presbitero.
At the top of the page, partly cut off, is the distich : Tres quinquagenos psalmos dauid ordine pangit.
Versus bis mille .vi. centum .vi. canit ille.
The two versions are the Hebraicum in the outer columns and the Romanum in the inner.
The Psalms are numbered up to clxx, the divisions of the Ii9(ii8)th Psalm being numbered as
separate Psalms.
Isaiah. Jeremiah. Lamentations with note of the Hebrew alphabet at the end, and Post interpretationem
elementorum intelligentie.
Baruch. Prol. Liber iste qui baruch nomine. Epistle of Jeremy.
Ezekiel. Daniel. The usual prologues to the four major Prophets.
Hosea-Malachi. Prol. i. Non idem ordo.
2. Sanctus lohel.
3. Ozias rex.
4. lacob patriarcha.
5. Sanctum ionam.
6. Temporibus loathe.
7. Naum prophetam.
8. Abacuch luctator.
9. Sophonias speculator.
10. Aggeus festiuus.
11, Zacharias memor.
I a. Malachias aperte.
Job. Cogor per singulos.
Prov. Jungat epistola.
Eccl. No prologue. Cantica. Salomon inspiratus.
Ecclesiasticus.
Ending : Expl. oracio ihesu filii sirach -i- pro -phil.
Wisdom. Prol. Hunc librum ieronimus asserit non a solomone ut putatur sed a philone . . . cuius ex-
positionem presbiter bellator 'viii"' uoluminibus comprehendit. — nee inter canonicas recipi scripturas.
BIBLIA
291
Gospels. Proll. Matheus ex iudea, etc.
Acts. Lucas natione syrus.
Suspicantur quidam quotienscunque paulus.
Item in argumento. Item de casus (causis) scribendorum actuum.
Cath. Epp. Non ita est ordo.
1 Pet. Symon petrus filius iohannis.
Disctpulos saluatoris inutcti.
2 Pet. Symon petrus per fidem.
1 Joh. lohannes apostolus et ewangelista.
Rationem uerbi.
2 Joh. Usque adeo ad sanctam fcminam.
3 Joh. Gaium pietatis causa.
Jude ludas frater iacobi unam.
PauL Epp. Rom. Primum queritur.
Roman! sunt ex iudeis.
Roman! sunt partis.
I Cor. Hanc ep. scripslt apostolus.
3 Cor. Hanc item ep. scripsit.
Gal. Galathe sunt greci (longer than usual, ending) commendat personam suam diccns.
Eph. Hanc ep. scripsit ap. ephesiis. Ephesi! autem sunt asiani.
PhiL Hanc ep., etc. Philipenses autem sunt maccdones.
Col. „ „ Colosenses uero sunt asiani.
Laod. Without proL
1 Thcss. Hanc ep., ett Thessalonica metropolis est.
2 Thess. Hanc ep. scribit item ap. thcss. orta apud eos grauiori tribulatione.
1 Tim. Hanc ep. . . . Timotheus autem istc fuit filius.
2 Tim. Hanc secundam ep. item scribit ap. a roma de carcere.
Tit. Hanc ep. scribit ap. tito quern creauit episcopum.
Philem. Hanc ep. scribit ap. philcmoni colosensi qui nulla ecclesiasttcc.
Heb. Multiphariam ucl multipliciter. Paulus doctor egregius.
Apoc. Without prologue, ending f. 31 »•.
On 3t3\ in a hand of cent xiv early, large and fine, in blue and red, is a table to find Easter, thus :
i N(on) . aprilcs
ii vii . Kal . Apr.
etc Idus Apr., etc.
Qtiaiuio .f. lune atrrit per to Dominica prima post etc. tritpascha.
xix
There arc neat marginal notes on Genesis and on Matthew. One of the former f. 4*" is : perizoma dicitur
a peri quod est circum ct zoma .corpus, unde. martiris isoma icruat michaelis agalma.
This line was inscribed on a gold image or plaque of St. Michael which was found on the body of
St. Edmund at Bury when Samson opened the shrine, as Jocelin of Brakelond tells (Arnold, Memorials, i. 31 1).
This may be taken as evidence that the book belonged to Bury: but it is not conclusive, to my mind, for
I believe that the verse made its way into grammatical tracts unconnected with the Abbey.
The notes on Matthew largely consist of memorial verses.
Deut. xxxii (The Song of Moses) is given in two versions. That which occupies the L. column of the
recto and the R. column of the verso is the' older or non-Hieronymian, beginning :
Attende celum et loquar ct audiat terra uerba ex ore meo
and ending :
et cmundabit deua terram populi sui.
On the recto the two versions are written in two narrow columns, together occupying the breadth of
a single ordinary column. On the verso, they are in columns of the ordinary breadth.
None of the other Cantica are similarly treated.
p p 3
292 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
167. (R.-S. 16281) DONATUS.
Vellum, 285 x200 mm., fF. 1 + 12+1,30 lines to a page. Cent, xv (1469?) in a large
rather scratchy but clear Gothic hand : ruled ink lines.
Old brown stamped leather binding over wooden boards : four large roses in medallions
at the corners : clasp gone.
The MS. is not attached to the cover, and need not have belonged to it originally.
In the cover is a small recent armorial ticket, arms surmounted by coronet, supported
by cranes, motto Victoria concordia crescit.
On the fly-leaf: C. T. de Murr, and a title written in part at least by him.
Donatus siue Grammatica linguae Latinae.
1369. Linearum 30.
Archetypon Donati Gutenbergii.
The initial to the text in blue on gold ground, framed in red, contains two small shields :
(i) party per pale arg. and gules : per bend a snake sable.
(2) party per fess in chief arg. a portion of a wheel (3 spokes) gules,
in base azure a fleur-de-lys arg.
There is a pretty partial border.
The text consists of a single quire of i a leaves containing :
Donatus de partibus orationis.
Partes oracionis quot sunt octo | que Nomen Pronomen Verbum | etc. ... at at ast signa sunt similia.
(Paradigm of verbs) Amo verbum actiuum in indicatiuo modo dictum temporis presentis 7''
Ending la*": Vnum participium habet quod est volens.
Deo gracias 1.3.6.9.
These figures and especially the 1.3. have been at least inked over again: they are separated by red
dots which seem original. I am at least confident that the date of the book is not 1369. It might be 1469.
168. (R.-S. 3346) PERSIUS.
Vellum, 207 X 185 mm., ff 24, 14 lines to a page. Cent, xv, 1457, in an Italic hand.
Bound by C. Kalthoeber.
Collation, a" b" c*.
, Auledis Flaci persii liber incipit I
Nee fonte labra
There are scholia beginning :
In principio huius operis Breuiter querendum est que materia, etc.
They are not continued on the same scale and cease altogether towards the end.
Ends 1^ : finitor acerui.
Explicit ignotus per totum Persius orbem. Amen.
Ego leonardus filius Saraceni de Scto Johanne ciuis vine (?) scripsi et finiui decima septima hora die Jouis
14' mens. Julii . 1457.
A Greek scribble below : Ev rw irapovri xpovco air avrov . . . e/3opia5os.
VALERIUS MAXIMUS 293
169. (R.-S. 3422) VALERIUS MAXIMUS.
Paper, 306 x 220 mm., ff. 215, 26 lines to a page. Cent, xv (1449) ^^ ^ good clear
Italic hand.
Spencer collection.
Calf binding by Kalthoeber.
CoUation. a'o-qi" r» s^'-x^' y* (wants 8).
At top of f. I very faint IC and Nescis quid uesper uehat.
Valerius Maximus de dictis factisque memorabilibus.
No title or initials.
Lib. I. Capitula. De Religionc, etc i
Text. Urbis rome, exterarumque gentium.
Lib. n. 21, in. 42. IV. 64*, V. 89, VI. 116, VIL 140, VIIL 160, IX. 185, ending f. aio, supplicio
coegit.
Deo et gloriose V. Marie genitrici eius gratias semper. Amen.
ExpL Vaierii Maximi factorum, etc., liber nonus feliciter. Anno d. n. I. C. Millcsimo Quadring. Quadrag.
Nono. Indictione tcrciadecima die decimo mensis lunii scriptus complete in terra de fontanella diocessis
cremonensis per me Viuianum de Carminatis. fq (?) M. Johanni de Bergamo propria manu mei.
Qaruit autem vir iste clarissimus Valerius Maximus tcmporibus diui Augusti, etc.
Florucrunt etiam eo tempore viri illustres
Titus liuius patauinus summus historicus.
Sextus pytagoricus, etc. A list of 21 names ending with :
Melissus spoletinus gramaticus. ,
Unde merito dici potest tunc seculum floruisse et quia etiam orbis pacem habuit uniucrsus. Decimus
huius operis liber qui et ultimus uel ncgligentia uel maliuolcntia librariorum deperiit. Abbreuiator vero titulos
eius babebat intcgre fortassis. Tamen de uno tantum hoc est de prenomine Epytoma representabat.
This refers to the anonymous tract de Praenomine which is appended in many MSS. (but not in this) to
the text of Valerius Maximus, and is called the tenth book. The text of it will be found in the Teubner
edition of 1888 by Kempf.
In the margins the Greek passages are added, and occasional corrections made, and titles written, by
several hands.
170. POLYCHRONICON.
Vellum, 318 X 220 mm., ff. 119, double columns of 40 lines. Cent, xiv late, near 1400,
well written : commonplace English ornament : blue initials with red flourishing.
Calf binding of cent, xviii.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 1048, lot 419 in the sale of 1895.
Has the book-plate of Laurence W. Hodson, Compton Hall, near Wolverhampton.
Collation, i (one) 2*-6' (wants 5) ^*-\^ 14" 15' (wants 3) 16' (wants 7, 8).
The Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden.
Beginning imperfectly in Lib. II
vellct itcrum contra nabugodonosor ncgauit ei tributum pensurum (Rolls series iii. 90) 1
Lib. II ends f. i\ Lib. III. i*, initial in gold on colour, and band of ornament extending the height of
the page between the columns, and spreading into leaf work in the margins : of rough execution.
Only half a column of Lib. Ill remains : f. 3 continues with Lib. IV.
294 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
cdm : omittit ptholomeum philometorem et iterum omittit ptholomeum soth in secundo ordine
regiminis sui (1. c. iv. 256).
Lib. V. 26'', with similar ornament to Lib. IIL
On 31 at top (cut) : Johannes harryson de Waltham (xv).
A gap in cap. 13-14.
Lib. VL 55'', with ornament as before. ^
Lib. VIL 77^ with ornament.
A gap in cap. 27-38.
Ends with cap. 51 (1376) on the Wycliffites: nudis pedibus incedentes huiusmodi errores in populo
ventilantes et palam in eorum sermonibus predicantes (1. c. viii. 428).
Sir T. Phillipps adds in pencil : For the continuation see my MS. No. 8140.
The verso is blank but for an unimportant scribble.
171. ANTIPHONER.
Vellum, 580 x405 mm., ff. 1 + 208 + 1, 6 lines of music and 6 of text to a page.
Cent. XV early ?
From a Dominican convent in Northern Italy.
Collation. 2? (1 lines cover) : i*-26* : b* (2 lines cover).
Binding. Brown leather over wooden boards : with triple incised lines intersecting diagonally. There
are many plain metal bosses and studs on the covers and edges, and in the centre of the second cover is
a circular plate of metal, pierced.
A thick strip of white skin remains at the top : three others, two on the fore-edge and one at the bottom,
are gone.
On the blank fly-leaf is a label with painted and gilt arms of Pope Julius II ? (della Rovere). The shield
is oval az. an oak (?) tree or. At the top of the gilt frame are the tiara and keys.
Contents :
Antiphons, from the Feast of the Trinity to the Assumption.
In festo S. Trinitatis ad vesperas super psalmos.
O beata et benedicta et gloriosa trinitas.
f. i». Initial : half-length of a Dominican nun turning to R. and writing O beata in a music book :
gold ground.
Benedicat nos deus.
f. 3*. Large initial mainly in blue and red, on burnished gold ground. It has a frame, part of which is
a kind of rosary on a red ground : similar to, but not identical with, that on f. 94 and igi*". Each loop of
the B contains a half-length figure (of the Father and Son) in blue mantle over pink robe, blessing, and
holding a red book. They are carefully made exactly alike. The dove, head to L., is seen on the gold
ground at the meeting point of the two loops.
On f. 12 (Lauds) is a fairly important decorative initial. Also on I4^
I8^ Deus omnium exauditor est.
Large decorative initial with head in centre.
33''. Dom. i. August!. In principio deus.
Initial I on fine blue ground : the stalk of the letter is panelled with gold and silver on red.
51''. Dom. viii post trin. Attendite a falsis prophetis.
Handsome initial of the ordinary kind, in red and blue, with pen work. Others of the same type are
plentiful about here.
At 59 is In transl. b. Dominici.
ANTIPHONER 295
di**. Fulget decus ecclesie. Large initial in blue, orange, bufT, and other shades, on blue ground with
small white ornaments.
Dominic nimbed, in white habit, head to L., is lifted from a green sarcophagus with waved lines of
ornament. In c. behind is a bishop in mitre and cope with open book. At each end is a group of coped
clerks and Dominican friars, some of whom are touching the shoulders and feet of the saint to lift or lay
him down.
69'. (Lauds.) Decorative initial.
70'. (Nat. of John Baptist.) Fuit homo. Initial of the same type as the last. St. John in pink robe
over hairy robe stands holding a slender triple cross crosslet, and with R. hand raised. On each side are
yellow rocks, and there are three very conventional trees in blue and red. The ground is blue.
8o*. Decorative initial. Also at 87' for SS. John and Paul.
94*. (SS. Peter and Paul.) Symon petre antequam de naui.
The initial is in a frame of which the marked feature is a band of gold and silver and blue lozenges on
dark red ground. The letter is mainly of pale purple <3n blue. The internal ground is of lozenge-shaped
compartments with quatrefoils drawn in gold on red. Above, Christ half-length (cross -nimbus, blue robe over
pink) hands down the white keys to Peter half-length below, in yellow robe over blue.
io7». (Lauds.) Decorative initial.
11 1\ (St. Paul.) Qui operatus est. Large initial mainly in pink and yellow, on blue ground. Paul in
vermilion robe over blue stands holding sword point upwards in R. hand and book in L.
I as. (Lauds.) Decorative initial.
I36\ St. Mary Magdalene. Recumbente ihesu. Initial of moderate size mainly in vermilion and buff
on blue. Mary Magdalene, completely covered by her yellow hair, stands full face, with joined hands.
ia9\ Lctetur omnc sacculum. Large initial with pink-purple ground. Noli me tangere. Christ (in blue
over pink robe) stands on L. and perhaps holds a short roll in His L. hand. Magdalene kneels on R. in
vermilion over blue. A bluish tree behind her.
141. (Lauds.) Decorative initial.
153^ St. Dominic. (First vespers.) Decorative initial.
I55*> (St. Dominic.) Mundum uocans ad agni nuptias.
Large initial in pink and yellow on blue. It has a central shaft dividing the picture into two parts.
On L. St. Dominic stands facing R. and holdii^ an open book before him. On R. a group of six Dominican
friars kneel to him.
165. (Lauds.) Decorative initial
171. Leuita laurcntius. Large initial with blue ground. On L. Laurence beardless in a pink dalmatic
with a pattern of quatrefoils in lozenges drawn on it, and perhaps a narrow stole tied round the R. shoulder,
stands blessing : in his L. hand he holds a purse and coin. On R. a cripple in yellow tunic, with a scabellum
or little trestle to support him, holds up his R. hand, and a blind man or leper in blue with bandaged head and
purse at girdle, holds out both hands.
i83\ (Lauds.) Decorative initial.
191*. Assumption. Uidi speciosam. Large initial with frame as on 94*. The ground is a peculiar dull
red. At top, the Virgin half-length in a glory is borne up by two angeb : all three are in blue and pink.
Below, two groups, six Apostles in each, looking up: Peter and John are prominent.
aoiV (Lauds.) Decorative initial.
On 305-8 is the Dies irae, without rubric.
The ordinary initials throughout are alternately red and blue, with flourishing, counter-changed.
The painting of the figure subjects is extremely good. It is characterized by a sureness and clearness of
touch often absent from early Italian miniatures. Perhaps the finest piece of work b that on f. 3* : but the
Noli me tangere on 1 39^ is also remarkable for its feeling.
The writing and the subordinate initials are good but not distinguished. The music lines are in red
throughout.
296 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
172. (R.-S. 16285) EVANGELIA (ROLINKHUSEN).
Vellum, 158 X 120 mm., ff. 155, 30 lines to a page. Cent, xi in a very fine small
minuscule : very beautiful.
Binding, modern red velvet by C. Murton. In the first cover is a plaque of iyory
(75 X 58) of the style of the twelfth century representing the crucifixion. Christ is nailed to
the cross with four nails and stands on a suppedaneum : the title is indicated at the extreme
top of the cross. The sun and moon are busts on bowl-shaped crescents, full face, both
covering their eyes with both hands. The Virgin's hands are slightly extended. St. John
holds a book.
Book-plate of Henry White, J. P., D.L., F.S.A.
Collation, a*, i^ 2" | gap | f-G^ f} (wants 5, 6) 8' 9* | gap | lo^-u* 15 (one) le" 178-19^
On fif. I, a, in a hand of cent, xv late, are forms of the oath to be taken by the praeposita of the collegiate
church of Rolinckhusen (probably Rellingshausen near Essen).
First in Latin: Juramentum domine preposite ecclesie in Rolinchusen:
Ego N electa preposita in Rolinchusen Juro quod nulla bona ecclesie in Rolinchusen alienabo, etc.
Then in the vernacular : Ich N ene gekoren prouestynne to Rolinchusen swere dat ich gene gude der
kijrchen van Rolinchusen sal af brenghen, etc.
Estates in Vroitzem, Hertene, Wedich, Kyrckvelde, Mudinchoue, Wintrode, Berendorp, Coenseel,
Kyrckhertene, are mentioned.
This note follows : Desen eet sal der prouestynnen een notarius vor lesen und vraghen or dan aff sey dat
so hailden wyl so seghet sey Ja so sal sey legghen or vingher op dat crucifixs und sweren.
a^ Blank. On 3% originally blank, is pasted an initial from a choral-book (xiii) of rather rough work
representing St. John (?) nimbed holding a blank scroll and a disk with an eagle displayed upon it,
in white.
3^ Blank.
Prologue, without initial. Plures fuisse . . . quam ecclesiasticis uiuis kanendas.
Red capitals. Expl. prigs ini eva(n)geliorum.
Inc. Epistl. Hiermi presb.
Beato pape damaso 5''
In canone primo concordant 6'"
Hieronimus Damaso papae. Sciendum etiam 6''
Eusebius ca(r)piano. Ammonius quidem 7
Inc. argumentum sec. Matheum. Matheus ex ludea 8
Inc. Breviarium eiusdem. I. Natiuitas Christi . . . doctrina eius de baptismo. Expl. Brev. 8''
io'>. Blank.
In double columns, and probably by another hand.
Inc. capitul. Evangeliorum per circulum anni 11
Vitus and Gereon occur in the sanctoral.
%&. Blank.
Two leaves, probably, are wanting, with the frontispiece to Matt, which begins imperfectly.
f. ai. Abraham genuit Isaac, ending 54^
The Ammonian sections in the margin throughout.
Argument. Marcus euangelista'dei. 54^ Breviarium. I. De loh. baptista . . . ascencio eius in cells 55
56^ Blank.
Text begins imperfectly : Vox clamantis, 57 ; ending 79''.
Argument. Lucas Syrus 80 Capitula. I. Zacharias uiso angelo . . . laudantes deum in templo 80''
On 84*, in the hand of ff. i, 3, are directions for the installation of di praeposita of Rolinchusen :
Wanner dat Capittel van Rolinchusen wil keysen ene prouestynne.
EVANGELIA (ROLINKHUSEN) 297
Text of Luke beginning : Factum est autem cum sacerdotio, 85 ; ending 1 34».
Argument. Hie est iohannes, 124. (Capitula) Phariseorum leuite . . . resurrectio eius 125
Text b^inning: Fuit homo missus, ia6; ending, 155'.
The ink of the last leaves has suffered considerably.
173. ACCOUNT-ROLL (SEPTEME).
Vellum roll about 26 ft. long by i ft. broad on nine skins : the r. edge somewhat
damaged. Cent, xiv (1346-7).
Endorsed in a hand of cent xvii-xviii :
Dez le 26. JuUiet 1346 au 11. avril 1347. Comp'te de n. pierre Berre choMain et receueur dcs Reuenus
de la chaJelainfric de Septime.
Headed :
Computus domini petri brrre Juris periti castelli (castellani) septimi de Reddit . . . | Eiusdem castellie
a die viccsima scxta mens. Julii inclus. A. d. milli" ccc° xlvj" ad undecimam | diem mens, aprilis exclus.
A. d. mill, ccc" xlvij. Videlicet de triginta septem septimanis Red . . . | apud chambr. presentibus guill" bour
et petro bonmardi de chambr. auditoribus computorum p . . . | Regis de chambr. clericum. Et est sciendum
quod dominus bartholomeus del layco miles olim castel . . . | septimi debet computare de exitibus dicte
castellie de octo septimanis quinque diebus f . . . | xiij mens, maii exclus. A. d. mill. ccc° xxx. Item gui-
chardus ponczardi olim c^steWanus dicte . . . | debet computare de exitibus eiusdem castellie a die xxv mens.
marcii Inclus. A. d. mill, ccc"* xxx" . . . | usque ad diem octavam mens. Julii exclus. anno eodem videl. de
decern septimanis tribus diebus . . . | guigo de seyscllo dominus aque bellece castelLzwws ante ipsum debet
comp. de exitibus eiusdem castellie a . . . | mens, marcii inclus. anno (mill.) ccc° xlvj usque ad xxvi diem mens.
Jul exclus. anno eodem videl. de . . . | septimanis quinque diebus.
The headings are : Frumcntum, Siligo, Auena ; Cuniculi, Galline et pulli, Cera ; denar. Census, garde et
recogniciones, firme, cornagium, Ramate, mutagia, laud, et uend., legata, infgia, banna concordata, banna
condempnata, banna de arr'. Investiture, tayllie, escheyt', inuenta, pedagium, nondine, commune ?, vendiciones,
opere castri, opere camere domini, opera molend', op. fumi, librata capelle, librata domini com., Jornate, salar',
condiciones (?).
There is an old endorsement, and some few entries, on the lower end of the roll, at the back.
The Castcllum Septimi must be Septime, in the arrondissement of Vienne (Isire), to which city frequent
reference is made. Septftme is N.E. of Vienne.
An J^tude hislorique on the district was published by J. B. Bardin in 1888.
174. ORIGENES SUPER EP. AD ROMANOS.
Vellum, 303 X 205 mm., flf. 164 ; 22, 27, 32, &c., lines to a page. Cent, ix in Carolingian
minuscule; several scribes have been employed. Most of the hands are rather rough.
Old parchment binding over paper boards.
Collation. (2 modem fly-leaves.) i» (i a fragment) 2«-8' 9* ( + a slip, 66*) jo»-i6" if 18' (6 cane.) 19*
ao* (2 cane.) 21' 2a'.
f. i» (the fragment) is blank : on i* are some faint old marks in red, viz. part of what might be
a large B, and the letters 3 ///
V C
ETERN
Qq
298 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
On 3* : marks of cent, xii :
xlvii.
dg. volentem me paruo. In sex libris translata • Adamantii greci.
(In larger letters :) Explanatio Origenis super epistolam pauli ad romanos.
Near the bottom of the page :
Sci Petri belvacensis. >.
This last inscription also occurs at the bottom of ff. 91, 162 (163)''.
The upper R. corner of this first leaf is torn off.
The letters dg are a class-mark, belonging to a set introduced at the end of the twelfth century in the
Beauvais Chapter-Library. In the excellent memoir of M. Henri Omont on this Library (Recherches sur la Bibl.
de t^gl. Cath. de Beauvais. Mhn. de TAcad. des Inscr. et Belles-lettres, xi. 19 14), will be found all the
information now available as to the character and history of the collection. Our manuscript is mentioned
at p. 82.
Title in red capitals : a (i)*"
INCIPIT EXPLANA€OSVP EPL PAVfe / (smaller) adromanos.
Uolentem me paruo subuectum nauigio oram tranquilli litoris stringere
ff. a*", 3' are in a small regular hand : with 3'' this changes to a large rough hand which continues to 8*.
The prologue ends 5*: quibus poterimus conpendiis exsequimur [corr. to -amur).
Paulus seruus Ihu xpi : De paulo iam diximus.
The initial P is in outline, and modestly decorative.
The old signature of quire I is not visible.
Quire II (f. 9 sqq.) begins in a distinctly different hand, but by the time we have reached ff. 14, 15 the
scribe of f. 3, &c., seems to be again at work. The quire is signed at the bottom of f. 16'' in the middle
of the margin.
At f. 20 (ai)'' in uncials : Expl. Liber primus. Inc. secundus.
On the lower margin of 30 (31)' the letters L'" are written in a hand of a different type, possibly ot
Corbie (?).
On f. 51 (52)^ in red uncials : Expl. liber secundus to eco hkaphcthac (rixapK""^"s).
On 56'', the quire-signature and : GOT. III. Similarly on 64*.
66'', and the slip 66*, are in distinctly smaller script : 66*'' is blank.
The hand of the following quire is sloped.
On 77", in uncials : Expl. liber III. Inc. quartus. Amen (?).
On 103*, in small uncials : Finit liber Illl. Inc. V.
On I35^ Explicit.
On 136*, in small red uncials: Inc. Liber ui.
The initial (N) of the text is in black outline, washed with yellow, and edged with red : rough : slightly
ornamented.
Ends imperfectly in Lib. VI (Migne, P. G. xiv, col. 1098) : possumus tamen et hoc modo intellegere. A
small portion of Lib. VI, and Libb. VII-X are wanting.
The text in Migne continues to col. 1292 (194 cols.). The portion contained in our MS. occupies
cols. 833-1098 in Migne (266 cols.) : about lao leaves of our MS. would contain the missing portion of
the text.
A corrector of the eleventh or twelfth century (early) has been at work on the text : the original scribe's
work is full of errors. How many scribes have been employed I do not feel able to declare with certainty :
but three or four seem distinguishable.
The MS. was seen or heard of at Beauvais by Montfaucon {Bibliotheca bibliothecarum, 1739, p. 1290). He
gives the title exactly as it appears on the fly-leaf here: Explanatio Origenis super epistolam Pauli ad
Romanos, but does not describe the book.
It appears that several of the oldest MSS. from the Beauvais Chapter-Library were recently in the
possession of M. Le Caron de Troussures at Troussures (Oise) : one is described by M. Delisle (Notices et
Extraits, xxxi. a).
ORIGENES SUPER EP. AD ROMANOS 299
The Troussures MSS. were dispersed in 1908 (sale to J. Pierpont Morgan), 1909, and 191a. (Omont, 1. c,
pp. 16, 17.)
The oldest MS. of the Commentary is of cent, vi at Lyons.
On the last fly-leaf of our book is a modern printed ticket :
M"* Aur^lie de Tournay . n^e Comtesse Fuchs,
and a cutting from a French catalogue, in which this MS. is no. 6, is in the volume.
175. VITA S. FRANCISCI.
Vellum (and paper), 193 x 140 mm., ff. i + 136 + 4+ 1, 22 lines to a page. Cent, xiv, in
a fine round Italian Gothic hand, and xv.
Binding, new brown morocco.
Collation, i fly-leaf, \*-l^* j 18* | i fly-leaf. Quire 18 is paper, of cent. xv.
Contents :
The two vellum fly-leaves are from an earlier manuscript (xiii-xiv) in a small hand, not Italian: a fragment
of a treatise on the Virgin.
Inc. prologus in uitam beati francisci I
Apparuit gracia . . . aliqua subnectuntur. Expl. prol.
Inc. uita beati francisci. de conuersatione santi francisci in habitu secular!. ^
Uir erat in ciuitate assisii
Cap. XV. In festo translationis b. francisci . de canonicatione et translatione ipsius, is divided into 9 lessons.
Ending : magnificentia uirtutis altissimi . cui est honor et gloria per infinita sec. sec. amen. Expl. uita
b. francisci.
Inc. quedam de miraculis post mortem ipsius ostcnsis . et primo de uirtutibus sacrorum stigmatum. 98
Ad omnipotcntis dei honorcm et gloriam b. patris francisci
The last miracle in the original hand is:
A pud scgusiam iuuenis quidam de riparolio ubertinus nomine
This ends imperfectly, f. ijd*. It is completed, and another added by a hand of cent xv. (italic script).
The added miracle begins :
In castro chore hostiensis diocesis vir quidam crux (crus) sic ex toto perdiderat
Ending : hoc signo s. franciscus suas consignabat litteras quotiens caritatis causa scriptum aliquod
dirigebat Sed ecce dum per diuersa miracula gloriosos patris Francisci.
Only about a page of text is wanting.
It is the Legenda Maior by Bonavcntura: often printed, e.g. Bonaventurae opp. Lyon 1668, vii. 274.
The Miracula, unfinished in this copy, are printed I.e. 299, and by Lipomannus and many others.
The decoration of the book is modest There is a small portion of characteristic Italian ornament on f. i.
An extract from a printed Catalogue is pasted in at the end.
On f. 139 is a circular stamp, a coronettcd shield bearing an ox, and in chief three stars : inscribed Marco
Lazzari.
176. SERMONS.
Vellum, 250 X 165 mm., ff. 2 + 204 + 1, 34 lines to a page. Cent, xv in a clear English
hand, which becomes more pointed and less pretty as it goes on.
Vellum binding of cent, xviii (?).
Q q a
300 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Purchased from Quaritch. Formerly in the Bedfordshire General Library (instituted
July, 1830), of which the stamp is on f. i. On the fly-leaf, in a hand of cir. 1700, is :
Bedford Library.
The gift of Ralph Smith of Islip in y« County of Oxford Esq.
Earlier owners were: (i) Hugo Mellyng. His name (xv) is on ff. i, ii. On i*", possibly in his hand, isj
Willelmus Sewarde de Vppyngham. pixtor et groc.
He has also written on ii* :
3 us. Conlenta
Sermones Magdalenenses.
(a) On f. i»at top:
Liber ricardi ewer emptus a henrico staoci" (stacionario ^) a. d. 1531 die fe. 9.
(3) On f. i» : Liber leonardi arderni emptus a ricardo Ewer (erasure).
These two owners have covered the fly-leaves with notes.
Collation. 3 fly-leaves: i'-25' 26* : i fly-leaf.
The first and last fly-leaves are from a French MS. of cent, xv early, with a fragment of the story of
Griseldis in French prose. The writing is faint. One chapter begins (i'') : Adonc gautier le marquis de saluce
manda querir Griseldis que tantost elle venist a lui a son palais.
There are 23 lines to the page.
f. I. Headed : Dominica. 1" aduentus domini.
Inc. prologus in sermones dominicales per annum per Johannem ffelton vicarium ecclesie marie Magdalene
Oxon. collectos. excerptos de diuersis doctoribus scilicet Pari(si)ensi : Januensi . lugdunensi . Odone . ceterisque
doctoribus i
Penuria studencium in materia morali ... ad legencium utilitatem et mihi ad meritum. Amen. Expl. prol.
Dom. I. aduentus.
Dicite filie syon . . . Sciendum est quod gratia dei est nobis necessaria.
Ends (Dom. xxv post festum Trinitatis) . . . concordia dulcis. Ad ilia eterna gaudia perducat nos
I. C. Amen.
Expl. serm. domin. compilati per d. Joh. ffelton. cuius anime propicietur deus.
Scriptoris miseri dignare deus misereri. deo gracias.
Table. Abraham . . . Zodiaco, in double columns \ 195
Note : Sciendum est quod in ista Tabula, etc. . . . leuiter patebunt.
Rubric : Expl. sermones domin. per annum per loh. ffelton vicar, eccl. Marie Magd. Oxonie horum
collectorem . Cuius anime prop. deus. Amen.
Liber completus ludere scriptor eat.
Finis adest letus . que fuit ante grauis.
Nomen scriptoris Ihon fferyng plenus amoris.
Valeatis in domino.
A piece is cut out of f. 301.
On 202^ perhaps in Hugo Mellyng's hand, neatly written :
Carta redempcionis generis humani.
Sciant presentes et futuri. Now knoweth je alle that ben here
And after schal ben bothe leef and dere
Nomen et cognomen. That I Ihesus of Nazareth
fibr loue of man haue sufired deth
Vp on a cros with woundes fyue
Whiles I was man on erthe a lyue
Dedi et concessi. That I haue gyuen and made a graunt
To alle that askyt yt repentaunt
' The mention of a stationer makes it likely that the book was bought at a University, probably Oxford.
SERMONS
301
Redditui.
Warantisacio.
Hiis Ustibus.
Et multis aliis.
Hcuen blysse withowte endyng
As longe as I am there reynyng kynge
Kepe I no more for al my smertc
But loue of man w* al hys herte
And that thou be in chary te
And loue thy neygbore as i do the
Thys ys the rente y' thou schalt gyue me
As to the cheef lord of the fee
Yf any man say to the now
That I haue nat dyed for mannes prow
Rather then man schulde be for lorn
jyt wolde I efter be al to torn
Witnesse the day tumydjn to nygth
And the sunne withdrew hys lygth
Wytncsse the erthe that )>anne dedc qwake
And harde stoncys al to brake
Witnesse the veyle that thenne dyde ryue
And men that roos from deth to lyue
Witnesse my moder also seynt Jon
And other that were there many oon
In witnesse of the whichc thyng
Myne owne seel ther to I hyng
And al so for the more sykemys
The wounde of my syde the seel yt ys
This was gyuen on the mount of caluarye
The fyrste day of gret mercye.
There is a Latin text, e.g. St. John's Coll., Camb., 8}. 4, and a far longer English form in the Vernon MS.
On f. 204" : precium hutus libri, ios.
And:
Scis (Sis) castus iustus sobrius sanctusque benignus
Recta docens bene disponens pius ct sine fastu
Ne rixans, non sis cupidus ncc pcrcute quemquam
Talis si fueris poteris bonus esse sacerdos.
At the top of the last fly-leaf (xv). Stipulam stubbul . . . The name ffreston.
The rest of the writing on these leaves is by Ewer or Ardern.
There are many MSS. of these sermons. The work was finished in 1431. The author gave some books
to Balliol College.
In cuius rei testimonium
sigillum meum a{fposui).
Data et cetera.
177. STATUTA ANGLIAE.
Vellum, 150 x70 mm., ff. 286, 15 lines to a page. Cent, xiv-xv in a fairly good
legal hand.
Modem binding.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 23852.
Collation. i»-i7* i8* i9*-36*.
Contents .'
Inc. Capitula Magne Carte [xv-xvi facte temp. H. tercii postea coniirmate temp. £. primi filii sui] i
b
302 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Capitula of other Statutes follow :
Magna Carta 9
Carta de libertate Foreste *5
Carta de Foresta *7
Sentencia lata super cartas {headline Prouisiones de Merton) 3^^
Prouisiones de Merton "^ 34
Stat, de Marleberge . 43
Stat. Gloucestr. ' ^^3
Stat. Westminster I 7^
II ^**
„ „ III (de Emptoribus Terrarum) *°7
Stat, de Rageman (Fr.) ^ "^
Districciones Scaccarii '^^^
Stat. Scaccarii *^4
Stat, de Bigamis **'^
Stat, de Berwick 23°
Stat, de anno et die bisextili *3*
Stat, de quo Waranto *33
Stat, de Recognicione ponend. in ass. habent. C. solidos Redd. ^35
Stat, rerum quo waranto *39
Visus Franciplegii ^4°
Stat. Circumspecte agatis *43
Stat, de present. Vocat'. ad Warant. ^40
Articuli de Wynton 249
Stat, eiusdem ^5'
Stat, de mensuris et ponderibus ^59
Stat, de finibus leuandis et de attornatis faciendis 260
Stat, de defensione Juris ^"2
(Assisa monete et panis ?). Que voluntate principis 204
Assisa Seruisie etc. 271
Charge to Jury (?). Primes uous nous dirrez 277
Quaunt frauntre home fra homage, etc. 281
Weights and measures. Per statutum tocius regni Anglie 283
De torns de vist'. Qe sount asqunes articles tochaunz la corone, etc. 283'
Ending imperfect with f. 286.
178. JAC. BRACELLUS, ETC.
Paper, 285 x 212 mm., ff. 210, 35 lines to a page. Cent, xv, in a good clear Italic hand.
Vellum wrapper.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 16074 and 18425.
On the fly-leaf (xvii-xviii) is : Liber 111™ atque Excellent™' Domini Alberici Cybo
Princ. Masse atque Carrario Marchionis et cet.
Collation. i"-ii" i a* i3^''-ao" ai*^ (i a' fragment).
Contents :
I. Jacobi Bracelli Historia Genuensis (no title) i
Inter maxima plurimaque literarum beneficia . . . posteritatem fraudaret.
lohanni ulterioris hyspanie Regi qui currentis equi lapsu exanimatus est i"
The beginnings of the books are not marked, save Lib. Ill (f. 31).
b
b
b
b
JAC. BRACELLUS, ETC. 303
Ends unfinished (?) f. 43' :
et manente tantum pacis nomine cuncta citro ultroque ut in hostes agerent.
ff. 43''-5o are blank.
The History was first printed at Milan «>. 1477 ^^^ of^^" subsequently: e.g. Basel, 1520; Hagenau,
1530; Paris, 1532, &c.
There is a long study of the author by C. Braggio in At/i soc. L igure star, patria, xxiii. (1890) 5-295.
a. Walterus Burley de vitis philosophorum (no title) 57
De vita et moribus philosophorum veterum tractaturus . . . informationem conferre valebunt.
Tales philosophus Assianus, ut ait Laertius.
Ending with Priscianus gramaticus :
Scripsit insupcr librum de naturalibus questionibus ad Cosoroem Regem persarum.
Expl. liber deo gratias amen.
Facto fine pia laudetur virgo Maria.
Manus scriptoris sit fclix omnibus horis.
3. Quidam philosophus no
Fervet animus te vidcndi iterum desiderio pater alme . . . remaneo tu peroptime V*. rure III
Kalendis Madij.
Camillus achat! . . . Scicitanti burtino quodam . . . Rome III" id. quintilis ex nostro forulo raptissime iiz**
Mutius Franco de Nigrono 113''
Bcnue quam raptim . Ex plutido nostro quinto Kal. Nou.
Pii pape secundi . . . Uniuersb fidelibus . . . Ezcchiclis prophete magni 114*'
Rome, 1463. II Kal. Nov. Pontif. nostri anno sexto. G. de Picolominibus.
123*. Blank.
Gianotii Manctti Civis Florentini Laudatio lanuensium ad clarissimos lanue legates Florentie com-
morantes sequitur ut infra 124
Mihi sepius cogitanti . . . vel maxime superari.
Hec habui que in laudes, etc. . . . uberius exomauere.
5. (lac. de Bracellis de nobilibus Genuensibus) 131''
Optare vidcris Magnifice et ornatissime vir . . . quod a me postulasti.
Quatuor illustratur Genua familiis ... ex descriptione Ligurie que sequitur plane cognosces.
6. lacobi Bracelet Genuensis ad Blondium Flauuium Apostolicum Secrctarium Descriptio ore ligustice 133
Reuersus in patriam darissimus vir Andreas bartholus ... a nostris esse traditur.
Finis per Jac. Braccleum.
7. Letters of Braceilus and others J37
Dom. A. Laudensi Episcopo- Genoa. 11 May, 1443.
D. Papc Calisto v'*. 5 Nov. 1455.
. D. Joh. Viviratiano Vicario pctrc sancte. 3 Kal. Nov. 1455 ^3^
Sacre Regie Maiestati Anglie. 4 June, 1456.
(From P. de Campofregoso Dux, lanuensium Consilium et Oflficium octo prouissorum rerum
Anglicarum, signed by J. Bracellius.)
To the Abp. of Canterbury, Chancellor of England, from the same. 4 June, 1456 139
Sacre Regie Maiestatis Anglic. 7 Ap. 1456, from the same 139*
Lud. de Vale (per Jac Brae.) to Blanche of Milan. Genoa. 13 Nov. 1460 140''
The same to Fr. Sforza. 5 Dec. 1460.
to Timoteo de Maffeis. 16 Oct. 1460 141*"
J. B. to M. Bp. of Urgel. 16 Kal. Feb. 1456 142
Raphael Dux (per J. B.) to the Duke of Milan. 1 1 Dec. 1445 i4*
J. B. to Jo. Andr. Vigcnius 142''
to Fr. Nigrono apud Londinium. 16 Kal. Nov. 1457 143
to Leonardo Griffo, Milan. 5 Id. Mai. 1459 143"'
to Jo. A. Vigenius. 9 KaL Feb. 144
h
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304 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
to Steph. de Bracellis ap. Hyspalim.
to Vitaliano Borromeo. i Jan. 1444 I44'
to Gul. de Traversagnis ord. min. 7 Id. Mart. 146 1 ^45
to Fr. Barbaro. Venetian ambassador at Milan ^45
Pontius Pillatus iudee procurator Tiberio Cessari . . . venumdari vel (?) pati. Vale. V" Kal. Apr. 146
(Tischendorf, Ezrv. Apocr. p. 433).
Pius papa II. Duci Mediolani '4°
Communicauimus non sine tristitia. 19 Dec. 6"' year.
The same to Genoa. Fabriani, 7 Id. Jul. 1464. 6*'' year I47
P. de Campofregoso, etc. to Nicholas V. 15 Ap. 1455 ^47
Helianus Spinula to J. Cardinal, of Pavia. 14 Sept. 1464 148
Lud. de Vale, etc., D. Petro (grand seneschal of Normandy). 8 Oct. 1460 149
The same to Joh. Comes Dunensis (Jean Dunois). Oct. 146c 149''
Angelo Gatulo legato ducis Calabrie ap. Venetias. Oct. 1460.
Pascali Mari (Venice). Nov. 1460 15°
Regi Timetis et Africe , 15°"
loh. Ursino Princ. Tarentino.
Hel. Spinula J. Card, de S. Chrysogono. 1464 15^
Lud. de Vale, etc., Joh. duci Calabriae. June, 1460 iSi""
The same Marino Princ. Rovani. 1460 15*
Jac. de F . . sco. 1460 iS**"
Borsio March. Estensi. 1460
To the same. 1460 153
J. B. to J. M. Filelfo. 1437 153''
T. de Campofregoso to the King of England. 1440 154
to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. 27 Mar. 1442 154''
J. B. to Andreolo Giustiniano. 1442 155
to Nic. Campofregoso (with an epitaph in verse) 155''
to Anth. Spinula. 1463 ' 156
to Leon. Griffo (Milan). 1463 ^ Yrfo""
to Anth. Simone de Butigolis (Pavia) 1 57''
to (his son) Steph. de Bracellis (Seville).
to Joh 1456 iSS""
Lentulus senatoribus Rome. Apparuit temporibus nostris . . . inter filios hominum (the apocryphal
description of our Lord).
Anth. Inanus (?) to J. B. 1464 159*"
Jac. de Campofregoso, etc., to Andr. de Claramonte 160
J. B. to Pius II. 1459 160''
Pius II to Paul de Campofregoso Abp. of Genoa. 1463 16 r
Petrarch to Wic de Aceolis, Seneschal of Sicily 162
P. de Campofregoso Sacre Reg. Maiest. Anglie utriusque Scicilie. 17 July, 1456 (per Gotardum) 167
8. Historia de origine belli inter Gallos et Britannos 168
Quod me rogasti inter multas ac varias curas . . . placuisse cognouero.
Diuturnum atque atrox bellum ... ad nostram usque etatem pro (?) viris prope exhausta est Finis.
9. Letters beginning with three of Joh. Mucius 177''
Then an Oratio Liuii (ex nono Macedonici : xxxix. 40) 179''
Sed omnes patricios plebeiosque . . . collegam ei L. Val. Flaccum adiecerunt.
Further letters of Joh. Mucius (9).
Luchetus Grimaldus (7).
Joh. Grimaldus (2).
Simon Joaldus (i).
JAC. BRACELLUS, ETC. 305
Anon (i).
Pius II to the Genoese, prid. Kal. Feb. 1463 (1).
Leonelus Grimaldus (12).
fr. Vinccntius ord. pred. (5).
Doge Cristoforo Moro to duke of Milan 1463 (i).
Manuel Grimaldus (i).
The last (imperfect) is from Leon. Grimaldus to fr. Thomas de Nigro.
Jac. Bracellus was Chancellor of the Genoese State in 1431.
179 (English 229). SERMONS. THE MIRROR.
0
Paper and vellum, 282x250 mm., ff. 143, double columns of 40-47 lines. Three
volumes. Cent, xv (1432) in various hands, rough but fairly plain.
Modern calf binding, blind tooling.
It has a printed ticket, the book-plate of Charles Clark of Totham Hall, Essex, with
a set of doggerel rhymes on it. The date 1859 is written on this ticket.
The Collation appears impracticable.
On two fly-leaves, in a hand of cent, xv late, is a list of the contents. Also the name: Tho: Gibbon (xvii).
1. I. The first sermon, on Omni tempore benedic dominum. begins imperfectly f. i.
-hcrt. when )>" kepes hit clene fro syne and so p schalt sc god almighty.
Ends : and dyed on gode fryday. Amen.
2. In rogacionibus. Estotc prudentes . . . Gode men and women cucrc cristcn man is holden to here
cristes wordc i""
3. 4. Sana animam mcam 3, 3^
5. Dom. I. aduentus. Hodic in domo tua oportct me mancre 5
6. Dom. 6. post pentecost. Mortuus viuet 6*
7. Dom. 7. ., „ Christum sanctificate 9
8. Dom. 6 (or ly : the headline gives both) post pent. In nouitate vite il
9. Exhibete membra ucstra, unfinished 13
On 14*, in another hand, the beginning of a sermon on ' Now is tyme profctabull ' (? Nunc est tempus
acceptabile).
II. 10. Sermons in Latin. 15
Dom. I. aduentus. Cum appropinquas.sct ihcsus hierosolimis.
Appropinquacio Christi versus hicrosolima significat mortalitcr cius aduentum.
II. Dom. a. Erunt signa. In hoc euangelio fit mencio de aducntu 17''
13. Dom. 3. Cum audisset lohanncs 2o'>
13. Dom.- 4. Miscrunt iudei i^
14. Paratc viam 24
1,5. In vigilia Natalis domini. Exiit edictum ^5
16. Dom. in lxx\ Simile est regnum celorum homini patrifamilias 2.5''
17. Dom. in lx\ Cum turba plurima (the Sower) 28 (30)
Ending imperfectly with f 31.
III. In a hand of rather earlier aspect :
A portion of the collection of l-lnglish sermons called The Mirror 3a
The first leaf is now bound as f. .54, headed : Assit principio sancta Maria meo.
M ( ) haue will to her^ rede romance and iestes j^at ys more ]'enne ydelschip.
After this is a gap : apparently f. 32 is the next remaining leaf: it begins imperfectly :
here cijen schul be biyndc I'at )>c schul se no lyght.
R r
3o6 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Then follow the sermons for the four Sundays in Advent, Epiphany, &c.
A gap after f. 51. Quinquagesima. 1st Sun. in Lent (then f. .54 the prologue), then the Lenten Sundays,
&€., with gaps after ff. 51 and 80 : ff. 88-91 are vellum : the hand changes at f. 9a.
After f. 117 (Dom. 2,4 post Pent.) is a gap: f. 118 continues with a sermon on the Annunciation.
Missus est Gabriel.
In principio erat uerbum ^ J 23
Deapostolis. Hoc est preceptum meum ut diligatis 124''
Unius martiris. Di.xit .1. discipulis suis. si quis uult post me venire 127''
Unius confessoris. Homo quidam peregre proficiscens 129''
De omnibus Sanctis. Videns turbas 131
Epistola pauli. Si Unguis hominum loquar 134
Ad uincula S. petri. Oure Lorde after he, etc. -> 13.5
Three short sermons In aduentu 13'^''
In natiuitate. De purificacione. Assumptio I37^ 13^
De angelis. Dedicacio ecclesie '3^''
A gap. f. 1 39 gone.
End of an exposition of the Lord's Prayer 14°
Multi sunt uocati 14°
On the Ten Commandments. Non habebis deos alienos 14°
Ending 163'': ne no ere here . ne eigh of worldely man se. Amen.
Colophon in red :
Explicit iste liber.
Iste liber constat see marie de Welbe(ck).
Si quis hunc librum a predict' Abathi(a)
Alienauerit anatema sit. amen.
Et scriptus erat Anno domini mill"""
cccc'"" xxx™° secundo.
The words dotted underneath have been erased, but I am nearly certain I have deciphered them correctly.
Above the name of the abbey has been written — also in the fifteenth century: ' Domino Roberto Prestwold '.
Other MSS. of T/ic Mirror are C.C.C.C. 283, Pepys 2498.
180 (English 239). ITER JUSTICIARIORUM, 1329.
Vellum, 265 X 200 mm., ff". 55 : 39, &c. lines to a page. Cent, xiv in a fairly good
legal hand.
Modern parchment cover over paper boards.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 10178, sold at Sotheby's in 1910, lot 282.
In the cover is the signature of Tho: Martin (of Palgrave, Suffolk).
Collation. i«-5* 6" 7* (1-3 only left).
Incipit Iter North(amton) Coram Galfrid. le Scrop. Joh. de Cant' et sociis suis. Anno R. 2. {corner of
leaf gone: added below) E. tercii tercio . (i.e. 1329).
Rex vicecom. North, salutem.
The commi-ssion to the sheriff reciting the commission to the judges in hec verba :
Edwardus d. g. rex etc. dilectis et fidelibus suis G. Ic Scrop. Lamberto de Th(r)ekynham loh. de
Caunt'., J. Rand(olf) et J. de Redenal salutcrn. Sciatis quod constituimus vos Justic' etc. . , . Et ideo vobis
mandamus quod die Lune prox. post fest. omnium sanctorum prox. futur. apud (Westm. lined through) North'
conueniatis, etc. . . . Teste me ipso apud Glouc. tercio die Septembr. anno r. nostri tercio . . . Item dominus
rex mandauit Thome de Louth^r aliud breue (which is recited). The above are all the names of the judges
which occur.
ITER JUSTICIARIORUM 307
Apres la comission dez Justicez del Eyr cest assauer sire G. le scrop et ces compaignouns come piert par
meisme la comission lieu et entendii ledite sire G. pria et comanda de part le Roy a les grauntes de
Counte, etc.
TTie text ends f. 53'' with the explanations of English law terms :
Burgh bote hoc est esse quietus de auxilio dando ad faciend. Burg' Castrum vel muros prostrates.
A later note at the bottom of the page, ending : xii' vi^.
Particulars of the lives of the judges mentioned here are in F"oss's Judges of England III, le Scrope,
p. 493, Threckingham, 533, &c., Redenhall and Randolf, 482, Louthcr, 457.
181 ^English 240). JO. PECKHAM OCULUS MORALIS, ETC.
Vellum, 282 X 207 mm., ff. 51, double columns of 29 lines. Cent, xiv in a large clear
Gothic hand.
Modern paper boards.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 466, sold at Sotheby's in 1910, lot 650. It was one of the
collection purchased by Sir T. Phillipps from Leander van Ess. No. 465 (Flores Bernard!)
seems to have formed part of the same volume.
From the Abbey of Campen. On f i is : liber ecclesie Campen5/6-, also on f. 13.
ColLuioH. i"»-3>» 4» 5"' (wants 10).
On f. I* arc some notes of the contents, and also the title :
In hoc volumine continentur
Tract, dc oculo morali
Flores b. bemardi abb.
Further there is a dialogue with the soul of .St. Hcmard in verse written as prose :
Mira loquar scd digna fide. Bcmarde quid hoc est?
Viuisadhuc? [Viuo a</(/<-//] Non. cs rogo mortuus ? Immo.
I-t quid agis ? Requiesco. Taces an faris ? Utrumque.
Cur rctices ? quia dormio. Cur loqucris ? quia uiuo.
Quid loqueris ? Sacra mistica. Cui? Mea scripta Icgenti.
Noncunctis? Non. Ergoquibus? Qui celica querunt.
Nomcn habcs? Utique. Bemardus. Num sine causa ?
Non. Die ergo, quid hoc? Est bemardus bona nardus.
Cur nardus ? Quoniam flagro. Quo flagramine ? Dulci.
Cui flagras et ubi ? Lectori, codice sacro.
Num cognomen habes? De Clarcuallc. Manes hie?
Mansi, sed modo non. Ubi nunc? In ucrtice montis.
Oualis eras in ualle manens ? Humilis. Modo quantus ?
Maior nunc sursum quanto minor ante deorsum.
Nonnc tui quidquid uallis habet? Ossa. Quou.sque?
Donee celeste fiat tcrrcstre cadauer. Amen.
On f. I*" the text begins: a title of cent, xv has been added :
Johannis Pithsani (Peckham) Archiep. Cantuar. ordinis fratrum minorum liber de oculo morali
Inc. feliciter. Prologus.
The original hand now b^ins :
Inc. tract moralis de oculo. Prol. i*"
Si diligentcr uolumus in lege domini meditari . . . Presens autem opusculum in capitulorum quin-
denarium est distinctum.
Capitula.
R r a
3o8 WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS
Text. Cap. i. De numero parcium oculum componencium.
Sciendum ergo quia sicut potest elici ex sentencia constantini in libro quem fecit de oculo . et ex
verbis alahacen.
Ends 51'' : et illic eriguntur . ad illud regnum nos perducat qui sine fine viuit et regnat. Amen.
Followed by the beginning of a table in another hand.
The initial to the prologue is of gold, with external ground of pink, and internal of blue, flourished.
Peacilled directions to the rubricator remain for many of the chapters.
The tract was printed under the name of Pithsanus at Augsburg in 1475 (')•
It is more commonly attributed to Grosseteste, and also to Joh. Gualensis (Wallensis).
182 (English 243). BEDAE HISTORIA, ETC.
Vellum, 282 X 200 mm., ff. 169, double columns of 31 lines. Cent, xii, in a very fine
upright minuscule.
Ancient binding, parchment over wooden boards, carefully restored. At the angles
and in the centre are holes marking the position of metal bosses, and there are remains
of two clasps with slight ornamentation. On the front cover is written (xv) : Beda super
ecclesiasticam historiam gentis Anglorum.
Formerly Phillipps MS. 1089, sold at Sotheby's in 1910, lot 72.
From the Abbey of Gladbach. On f. I'l is (xv) : liber monasterii S. Viti martyris in
Gladbach. The monastery is in the diocese of Cologne, and was founded in 973.
In the cover is pencilled (by Phillipps ?) : Longman.
Collation. i*-i3' (wants 4, 5) 1 4^-21'* (wants 8) 22* (wants a, 3, 6, 7 : 8 stuck to cover).
Contents :
I. Bedae Historia Kcclesiastica i*"
Inc. pref. Bede presb. in eccl. hystoria gentis anglorum :
Gloriosissimo Regi Keolwlfo Beda (in small black and red capitals) . . . pie intercessionis inueniam.
Expl. pref.
Inc. capitula eiusdem libri (lib. I. only) ' .3
Inc. liber primus eccl. hyst. gent. angl. 4
Brittannia oceani (red and black capitals).
Lib. II. Capp. 3I^ text 3a: III. Capp. 56, text 58'': IV. Capp. 90, text 90'': V. Capp. 134, text la4^
The chronology in V. a4 is carried on to A.D. 766. The record for A.D. 731 ends: Gdolbaldo rege
merciorum quintum decimum agente annum. Then follows :
Anno ab incarn. domini dec. secundo (sic) egbertus pro vuilfrido eboraici episcopus factus . cynibertus
ep. lindisfarorum obiit.
Anno ab inc. dom. dec. trices, tercio tatuuini archiepiscopus accepto ab apostolica auctoritate pallio
ordinauit alnuich et sigfridum episcopos.
ar
Anno ab inc. christi. dec. xxx. quinto tatuuini ep. obiit.
Anno ab inc. dom. dec. trices, quinto nothelmus archiep. ordinatur. et egbertus ep. accepto ab apostolica
sede pallio primus post paulinum in archiepiscopatuni confirmatus est: ordinauitque fruidubertum et
fruiduualdum episcopos: et BEDA presb. obiit.
It continues with only slight variations from the text of Holder (p. 391), Mayor and Lumby (p. 174),
Plummer, i. 361.
Ending : et frithubertus uere fideles episcopi ad dominum migrauerunt.
BEDAE HISTORIA, ETC. 309
Continuing with Bede's text : Hec de historia ecclesiastica brittanniorum . . . apparere semper ante
faciem tuam.
Beda dei famulus monachorum nobile sidus
Sinibus (Finibus) e terre profuit ecclesie
Sellers iste patrum scrutando per omnia sensum
Eloquio uiguit . plurima composuit.
Annos hac uita ter duxit rite triginta.
Presbiter officio . utilis ingcnio.
luni scptenis uiduatus came kalcndis
-^igligcna angclicam commeruit patriam.
Anno ab incam. dom. dec. xxx. v. ab obitu b. pape gregorii c°. uicesimo scptimo.
In lib. iv, after f. 99, two leaves arc wanting, containing iv. 9 uei castigan(do, etc., to iv. 1 1 termi)na-
turus ostcndcret.
The only other MSS. containing the continuation of the chronology are said to be Phillipps 356, B. M.
Add. 10949. In Man. Hist. Brill., p. 288, the two Phillipps MSS. were used. The one before us was assigned
by the editors to cent. xiv. None of them has been examined since the publication of the M. H. B. except the
British Museum MS. which has been collated for this passage by Plummer (i. 103). Phillipps 356 is assigned
by Dr. -Schenkl to cent, xiv, and probably the dates given in M. H. B. should be reversed.
Each book has a good initial usually in red outline, with pale colours, green, yellow, &c. Initials of
chapters are in red.
a. Visio Wettini 162''
Prcfatio in uisionem vuettini, in the prose version of Heito (printed in P. L. ciii. 769, and best by
Diimmler in Poetae Carolini, ii. 267).
In prouincia alamannorum uel sueuorum in monasterio S. Marie semper uirginis quod auna nominatur . . .
qtiinta uero fcria id est pridie non. nouembris crepusculo ucspcrtino migrauit ad dominum.
Inc. ipsa uisio que fratri nostro vuettino reuelata est pridie ante transitum eius . quomodo ceperit
infirmari.
Cum predictus frater die sabbati (red and black capitals).
After f. 165 a leaf is gone, which contained capp. x sub fin.-xv sub init, and after f. 166 two leaves are gone,
containing capp. xviii sub fin.-xxviii sub fin.
The chapter Quomodo ordinalis oralionibus ftlicittr migrauil ad dominum ends : et sumpto uiatico
ultimam huius instabilis uite dausit horam. Then follows :
Dc duobus clericis quorum alter alteri post mortem apparuit 167''
Ciuitas est brittannic namnetis nomine dicta . in qua crant clcrici duo.
Ending imperfectly : quatuor guttas iecit super eum ■ quarum due utrinquc faciem eius prope oculos . due
utrasque manus retro polliccs quasi ignito cauterio pcrforauerunt . locumquc capacem micis
f. 169, stuck to the cover, is blank.
183 (R.-S. 22431). HARLESTON TRANSCRIPTS.
Paper : folio, ff. circa 40 written. 1853.
On the fly-leaf a note of the contents by D. Morton, Harleston, Apr. 9, 1855, viz.:
1. A short extract, de Ecclesia de Herlestone, from Lansdowne MS. 761.
2. A copy of almost the whole of Cotton MS. Nero C. xii.
Letters. >. From D. Morton to Mr. Appleyard, noting the omitted portions in the transcript of
Nero C. xii. 27 Margaret St., Cavendish Sq. May 15, 1854.
2. From John W. Trahern to Lord Spencer. 33 Belgrave Square, June 35, 1854, on visiting Harleston :
offering certain drawings.
The transcripts are dated 1853, and were collated by Sir F. Madden with the originals.
APPENDIX
COVERS OF A GOSPEL-BOOK.
Metal, 420 X 258 mm.
Acquired with the Crawford manuscripts. They belonged to Samuel Rogers the poet,
and passed at his sale into the Bateman Collection. They are figured in the sale catalogue
of the Bateman Heirlooms, 1893 (lot 44, plates IV, V), when they were bought by
Mr. Talbot for ^1,000. They had been sold for under ^400 in the Rogers sale.
The plan of each cover is the same. In the centre of each is a tall ivory plaque, probably the leaf of
a diptych. The borders are of metal, composed of square panels, each with one, or two, figures in relief, with
their names incised in Lombardic capitals on the smooth field, alternating with square or oblong panels,
bordered, and covered with filigree -work, set with five stones apiece, most of which are oval plain stones en
cabochon : a few intaglios are among them.
Ivories. lb; lib.
c c
Figured Panels. A-K.
Decorated Panels. 1 - 1 o.
c
r
A
3
D
3
4
E
F
I
5
6
G
H
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8
I
9
B
10
K
Ivories. These are clearly of earlier date than the metal-work, and arc described as German work of the
tenth century. Each is surrounded by a border of acanthus-leaf, and is divided, by two slightly ornamented
transoms, with three fields a, b, c, each of which contains a subject.
I a. The Ammnciation. Under, or in front of, two round-headed arches divided by central column with
acanthus capital. The arches have a wavy moulding.
On L. Gabriel with circular nimbus incised with rays. He holds a long staff, and his K. arm is extended.
On R. the Virgin seated in a chair with ornamental legs and uprights. She has a plain nimbus, her R. hand
is on her head, her L. rests on her thigh.
b. The Nativity. At top in c. is a small triangular gable or pediment, R. and L. of this are two demi-
angels with extended wings. Below it, in c. the heads of the ass (l.) and ox over the qbiong manger (made of
planks ?) in which is the swaddled Child. On L. sits Joseph bearded and nimbcd, his L. hand supiwrting his
APPENDIX 311
chin, his R. on his i. knee. On R. the Virgin, nimbcd, reclines on a more or less oval mattress ; she looks at
the Child or at Joseph.
c. The Baptism. In C. Christ, beardless, in loin-cloth, with cross- nimbus, His hands hanging down, above
His head, the dove flying down vertically. On R. John, bearded and nimbed, in full robes, his R. hand on
Christ's head, a short roll in his L. On L. two angels, nimbcd, with cloths over their extended hands. Below
their feet, a small figure of the river-god, Jordan, reclining, with urn. Water, shown like folds of drapery, ri.ses
to Christ's middle (but not in front of the figure).
\\a. The appearatue to the women. On L. the sepulchre, a small round tower with tiled roof. In front,
full-face, sits a nimbed angel holding a staff terminatir^ at top in a palm-like leaf: his R. hand on his breast.
Next, facing R. two nimbed women with mantles covering their heads, one tall, one short. The shorter, nearest
to R., has her L. hand at her face (drawing away her mantle?) and her R. extended. Ne.Kt, a tree with three
conventional branches at top. On R. facing I,. Christ bearded and robed, with cross-nimbus. His R. hand is
raised, a short roll is in His u. hand.
b. The Ascension. In c. in a plain oval glory, the ascending Christ facing L.. bearded and robed, with
cross-nimbus; in His L. hand a long slender cross over His shoulder, His K. stretched up and clasping the
Divine Hand above. R. and L. at top two small angels in clouds flying horizontally. Helow on L. three
couples'of figures, looking up. All are nimbcd ; five are apostles, the sixth (foremost at bottom) the Virgin.
On R. three similar couples of apostles in .somewhat varied attitudes of excitement. In c, below Christ's feet,
two angels standing, each with an arm raised vertically.
c. Pentecost. Most of the field is occupied by a chevron-shaped enclosure, filled by eleven figmes of
seated Apostles (.5 on each side, one at top). All are nimbed. Over the head of the one at top is the Divine
Hand, from which proceed rays.
The spandrels at top, R. and L., are occupied by two buildings : the one on L. has arched openings through
which are .seen loopcd-up curtains : the other has a square-headed door, and a like curtain is .seen within.
The triangular space in the foreground has a large object like a rosette, springing out of the border below.
It is probably, as Westwood says, a font : nine-sided, with reliefs, including lions (?), on the panels.
figured panels. First cover. I should assign all these panels to an early date in the thirteenth century :
others would call them twelfth-century work. They are of fine and dignified execution.
A. IHC XPC. Christ throned, blessing, with book.
B. S. MARIA MATER DNI. The Virgin, crowned, throned, holding a fruit in her R. hand. The
Child, not nimbcd. on her knee, robed, His R. hand raised to her face.
C. In the following panels the inscriptions are all placed vertically and read from the top downwards.
L. S. lOHKS BAPT outer robe of skin: he holds medallion with Lamb and flag.
R. SCS ANDREAS A PL'S holding a plain cross.
D. L. S. PETRVS A PL'S with cross and key (broken).
R. S. PAVLVS APL'S with sword and book.
E. L. SCA AGNES with palm and book.
R. SCA CECILIA with book: R. hand slightly raised.
F. L. S.'\NCTA KATERINA crowned, with palm and book.
R. SANCTA VRSVLA crowned, with blank scroll descending to her feet, and a fillet hanging over
the fingers of her R. hand.
G. L. SCS STEPHrtf««j beardless, in dalmatic, with palm and book.
R. SCS LAVRENC beardless, in dalmatic, with palm, and gridiron (without legs or handle) supported
in both hands.
H. L. S. MARIA MAGDAL' with casket in R. hand, L. hand slightly rai.sed.
R. SCA PKTRONILLA with palm and book.
I. L. S. AGRICIVS ARCH' in low mitre, chasuble and pall (?), with plain crosier and book.
R. SCS MATHIAS APL'S with long-handled hatchet and book.
K. I.. S. PHILIPBVS APL'S with long--staved cro.ss held in both hands.
R. S. lACOB" FR DNI with sword, the blade between his feet.
312 APPENDIX
Second Cover.
A. S. lOHKS EVVANG. bearded, throned, with scroll in L. hand hangings down to R., inscribed
I PNCIP- ERAT. and book in R.
B. SCS EVCHARIVS PMVS TREVIROr?«« ARCHIEPC. bearded, throned, in low mitre, chasuble,
and pall, with plain crosier in R. hand and book in L.
C. L. SCS MODESTVS ) r, ., . u-. j i-i c. ir u • v.'u ■ AU ^\^^
■ ^ ^.,„.TT,r.^ AT^^TTTT-f,^ \ BoUi habitcd likc St. EuchaHus j cach has crosicr and faook.
R. S. CIRIELVS ARCHIEPC )
D. L. S. MAMERTVS ARCHIEPC i c- •, a/t ^ u u- • • u- . \ a
_ I Similar. Mamertus has his crosier in his L. hand.
R. ^. VALERIVS ARCHIEPC '
E. L. MARIA with book held in both hands.
(between the figures) SORORES DNE NRE.
R. MARIA with book in L. R. hand slightly raised.
F. L. S. MARTINVS EPC habited like the former bishops: book in R., crosier in I,, hand.
R. %. NICHOLAVS EPC similar: crosier in L. hand,' R. slightly raised.
G. L. (lOA)CHIM. No attribute.
R. ANNA MAT DNE NRE, flat-topped head-dress bound under the chin.
H. L. S. SEVERA VIRGO with book held in both hands.
R. -S. SCOLAS riCA • VIRGO with covered head, book in L. hand, R. raised.
I. L. SCS CELSVS, quatrefoil brooch on his bosom : book in L. hand.
R. S. BENF;DICTVS, tonsured: in monastic habit: book in R. hand.
K. L. CONSTANTINVS REX, bearded, nimbed, crowned, in a rather short mantle over a dalmatic (?) :
holding a sceptre with leaves at top, and an orb.
R. HELENA REGINA crowned, nimbed : a band under her chin: two tresses of hair (?; dependent :
in 3 long mantle over long robe : holding in both hands an oblong box, doubtless of relics.
The selection of saints figured here is undoubtedly characteristic of Treves ; specially so are Petronilla,
Agricius, Matthias, Eucharius, Modestus, Cyril, Mamertus, Valerius, Severa, Celsus, Constantine, Helena.
Eucharius occupies a place of honour, at the bottom of the second cover, in the centre, and alone ; in the
place, one would say, of a signature to a document. I have no doubt, apart from other evidence, that this
work was done for his Abbey at Treves.
The presence of Benedict and Scholastica points to a monastic institution.
Decorated Panels. No detailed description of these is practicable. The following engraved gems occur :
First Cover. Panel 3. Intaglio Hermes?
4. Indistinct subject.
5. St. Paul with sword, on a white opaque stone, seemingly of modern date.
6. Two indistinct figures, very rough.
Second Cover. 8, A bull : an intaglio apparently of good execution.
INDEX I
OF. LITERARY CONTENTS, PLACE-NAMES, PROPER NAMES, SAINTS
Aachen, monasteries at and near p. 3io
Abbreviations p. 41
Account Roll (Mines near Calstock) 136
Aceolis, Wic. de 178 f. 163
Adcst o venerabilis 24 f. 153
Aegidius Rotnanus, dc regimine principuin 141
i^lfred. King, Laws 166 f. 1 1
' 1 Guthrum 166 f. i7'>
.1 165 f. 21 ; laws 166 f. 9*>
Agatha, St. 126 (fly-leaf)
Agen, College at 76 f. i*
Alanus de Insulis, de sex alis 6 f. ipv^^
Albert, St., Mass for 123 f. 339''
Albertus de Bononia 65 f. 125''
Albertus, de tnineralibus 66 f. 173
Alhumazar, liber introductorius 67 f. 170**
Alchemica 66: extracts 82
Alexander, St., Passion of 87 f. i
Alexandri liber p. 270
Allard, Abbd 181
Alleluia, ex|)ositio 116 f. 2
Alost, monasteries at and near p. 3 10
Alpliabci 12 f. 13»»
.Mpiionsus, King, Canon super tabulis 67 f. 36il>
Altenburg 4, 6 ; p. 9 note
Ambrose, St., Homilies by 12 f. »5'>, 66*>
,\mbrosius (the Physiologus) p. 1 35
\:i 'rosius, scribe 160 (■ 204''
\ ii rst of Hackney, Lord 166, 167; p. 288
.\ncona, Paolo d' p. 38 note
.'\ndcniach. monasteries at and near p. a 10
.\ndlau Barth. of 18 f. loj}'
.\ndreae, ^L 77
Anne, St. 101 f. 73; prayer to 165
Anno, St. 108 (Sanctoral)
Anonymus tracts
de octo beatitudinibus 70 f. 93
de xii consiliis 70 f. 117
de peccato 70 f. 1 38
posiilla in Joh. 1, 70 f. 141
super Gencsim optima postilla 70 f. 301
Onus conclusus 70 f. 253
sermo de Assumptione Virginis 70 f. 265
in Vigilia Nativitatis sermo 70 f. 267I'
.\n8charius, S. 87
Ansclm, St., Meditaliones 129 f. 88
Antiphoners 74, 78-8, 171
Antoninus, S., Summa (printed) 110 (covers)
Antonius de Porcellinis 76 (fly-leaf)
Antwerp, Monasterium S. Salvatoris 73 f. 2» ; monasteries at
and near p. 2 1 o
Apocalypse pictured 8, 19
Apocrypha
Esdras, 5 Books of 17
Esdras iii, less common old Latin version 166
Ksdras iv, 166
Esdras v, 166
Lentulus, letter of 178 f. 1 59
Manasses, Prayer of 17 f. 36o»>; 92 f. 163; 149, 156
f. cclix*>
Pilate, Letter of 178 f. 146
Ps. cli Pust7/us tram 92, 108, 116 f. 88
Testamenta xii**" Patriarchanim 126
Apollonia, St. 166
Apollonio dei Buonfralelli p. 95
Apostles, where ihey taught 5 f \^
Apparatus, drawings of 66 f. 108''
Appleyard 188
Apsteten 92 (fly-leaf) •
Aquinas, Thomas, liber de essenliis 66 f. 193''
Arbor Caritatis et Misericordiae 18
Ardcrn, Leonard 176 f. i»
Aristotle p. 1 35
Compilatio de libris naluralibus 150 f. i
Ethica (extracts) 160 f. 198
Armorial (Portuguese) 28
Armorial ticket 167 (cover)
Amaldus de Villa Nova, F"los flonim 65 f. 128
de secretis naturae 66 f 133
Arnim, ab 112 f. 1 2
Arnulph, St. p. 99
Artois, monasteries in 114
Ashburnham Collection, Appendix 114; p. 262
Ashton, Ralph 150 (fly-leaf ii»)
Astronomica 66, 67
Athanasius, St., Fides Caiholica 116 f. 93*>
Augia Minor 90
Augustine, St., Homilies by 12 f. i2'>, 31, 64'>, 71b 7^1.^ 89,
94'>, 1 19'', 120''
Sermones 84 f. 1 ; f. 6'>
Super piimam Kpistolam Johannis 107 f. i68'»
Dicta de Psalterio 116 f. 9
S s
314
I. INDEX OF LITERARY CONTENTS
Augustine, St., Regula 126
Meditationes 129 f. 88 ; 163 f. 112
Florigerus 153 f. J 2°^
Vita 97 f. i
Augustinian Nuns, Offices for 100
Austria 28 p. 271
Auxerre episcopal offices 142
Auxerre Litany 142
Bachelin p. 18
Badman, Professor p. 1 90
Baillet, Jean, of Auxerre 142 f. i
Baily, Nic. 160 (fly-leaf iii")
Bannister, Rev. H. M. p. 74 ; ' Vetus Itala of the Exultet ' p. 5
Barbaro, Fr. 178 f. 145^
Barcellos, Alfonsus Count of 28 p. 61
Bardelby, John de 132 f. lob
Bardin, J. B. p. 297
Barlaam et Josaphat (abridgement) 124 f 61
Banholomaeus Anglicus, liber rerum p. 135
Basle, Council of 50
Bateman 15, 83-6, 88-95
Battlesden Park p. 282
Bavo, St. p. 99
Beatus super Apocalypsim 8
Beauvais Chapter Library p. 298
Becchus, Gulielmus, de cometa 48 f. 146
Beck, T. A. 127 (fly-leaf)
Bede, Venerable
Homilies 12 f. 42b, 48'', 109'J, iis^, 126^
Oratio de septem verbis 20 f. 178
super Actus, etc. 107
super Apocalypsin 107 f. 134''
super Epistolas Canonicas 107 f. 371"
verses of 116 f 11''
verses on 182
Historia Ecclesiastica 182
continuation of the Chronology of p. 309
Bedford, P., binding 40, 159, 166
Bedfordshire General Library 176 f. i
Beer, R. p. 152
Beer-Alston 135
Beiner, Abbot p. 212
Belgium, monasteries in 114
Benedict XU, Constitution of 11 f. x
Bergamo, Johannes de, scribe 169
Berganza, Fr. de pp. 152, 164, 186
Bergen op Zoom, monasteries at or near p. 210
Berger, Samuel, on Psalter illustrations p. 68
Bergues, monasteries at and near p. 210
Bernard, Abp. of Toledo 96 f. i
Bernardinus de Senis, tractatus restilutionum 102 f. i ; de
contractibus 102 f. 31
Bernard, St.
Sermons 86
Meditations 124 f 50 ; 129 f. 88
de cognitione hominis inlerioris 124 f 50
de xii gradibus 124 f. ^8^
Flores 153 f. 14''
Sermons on Canticles 153 f. 166
dialogue in verse 181
Beroldus, Opusculum 55 f. 281''
Berre, Pierre 173
Berri, Duchesse de p. 45
/
Bible 17, 02, 140, 149, 156-8, 166
Bible, Old Testament 4
Genesis-Ruth 16
Maccabees (fragments) 74
New Testament 5, 115, 122
(Gospels 7, 9, 10, U, 87, 88, 98, 110
Pauline Epistles 23, 109 ^
Catholic Epistles 90
Bible of St. Paul's p. 108
Biblical Prologues 17
Biern, Arnaldus de 132 f. 7^
Birds 132 f. 5
Bland MSS. 76
Blin de Bourdon, Vicomte, MS. of Apocalypse owned
by P- 57
Bodleian MS. of Apocalypse p. 57
Bohemia 28 p. 89
Bois le Due, monasteries at or near p. 210
Bollandists of Brussels 98, 116, 117
Bologna, Museo dell' Istituto 1
Bonaventura
Breviloquium 112
Summa 153 f. 30
Itinerarium mentis in deum 158 f 97
Lignum vitae 153 f. 149
Legenda Major 175
Bonaventura Abbot of Weissenau 90 f. 2 and Addenda
Boncompagni (?) 57
Bonn, monasteries at and near p. 210
Bonne-Combe, Cistercian Abbey of 131
Bonosus, St. 97 f. ii''
Book-plate 139, 151 f. i» '
Borghesi and Banchi p. 38 fto/e
Borromeo, Vitaliano 178 f. 144^
Borso d'Este 178 f. 152''
Bowkers, Rad., 134
Bracellus Jac.
Historia Genuensis 178
de nobilibus Genuensibus 178 f. 131^; descriptio ore
Ligustice 178 f. 133 ; letters 178 f. 137 ; Historia de
origine belli inter Gallos et Britannos 178 f. 168
Bracellus, Steph. 178 f. 144, 157''
Bradley, J. W. p. 38 no/e, 87, 95
Braggio, C. p. 303
Braine, monasteries at and near p. 210
Braschi, Cardinal 58
Breda, monasteries at or near p. 210
Bremen Evangelia 87
Brescia Psalter 75
Bretherton binding 132
Breton Kalendar 54 f. i
Breviary
Milan 55
Paris (Notre Dame) 186
fragments 45
Bridget, St., Fifteen Go's 80 f. 59 ; 127 f 16 ; 145 f. i ;
165 f. 28
Brief, Moriuar)- 114
British Museum, Add. MS. 35313 p. 99; Lansdowne MS.
p. 309 ; Cotton MS. Nero C. xii p. 309; Titus A. xxvii,
p. 270
Brittany 28 p. 283
Brittany Horae 54
Browne, Wood, life of Michael Scot p. i88
Bruges, monasteries at and near p. 210
PLACE-NAMES, PROPER NAMES, SAINTS
315
Brussels, monasteries at and near p. a 10
Brutus, Epistles 64 f. 114
Buchner, G. p. 135
Buck, Father Victor de. letter 98
Bull and Auvache, MSS. purchased from 166-8 ; Addenda
Burchardus, fragments 42 ; Canons of 96
Burgundy 28 p. 290
Burley. Walter, de \itis pliilosophorum 178 f. 57
Bury St. Edmund's MS. 166
Butigolis, Anth. Simon de 178 f. isj**
Butkens, Christopliorus 73 f. a*
Butler, Dr. p. 130
Byland Abbey 163 f. i
Caissotti 116
Calixtus V 178 f. 137
Calstock 186
Camaldulite Order p. 41
Cambrai diocese, monasteries in 114
Cambriilgc, Clare College MS. p. 61
Campen. Abbey of 181
C.-unpofregoso, Nic. de 178 f. i.jjs''
Canipofregoso, P. de 178 f. 147''; 178 f. 154, 161, 167
Canons of the Gospels 87 f. i*" ; 98, 169, &c.: set EvangcHa
Canterbury, Christ's Church 109; Charter of Henry II
109 ii
Canterbury. St. Augustine's p. 270
Cantica Canticorum 77 f. 98
Cantica monialia 3 f. 57^; 116 f. 104''
Capitula for the year 103 f. i
Capitulare Evangeliorum 10 f. 1 75
Cardefia. S. Pedro de 89 (fly-leavc«) p. 15a, 164
Carmeiiii; Order, Padua p. 336
Carmelites 123 f. 7
Carminatis, Vivianus de, scribe 160
Carr. John 163 f. i48»>
Can, Joseph 183 f. 148''
Cart.i Redcmptioni.s, in English 176 f. 202''
Cassel, monasteries at and near |>. a 10
Cassianus, Joh., Collationum liber 49
de instiiutis patrum 49 f. 211
Cassiodorus, super Psalmos 88
Cathaloni.i 28 p. 49
t'auvillc 62 f. 19
Celcstincs of uncertain house p. 45
of Mitz 166-8
Che>-ny 28 p. lo.j
Chichester, Henrj- of 24 (fly-leaf)
Chichester, shrine of St. Richard 132 f. 13*
Christopher, -St., verses on 127
Chronicle of England 146
Chronicle Roll 72, 113
Chronicle Roll in Look form 146
Chronogram 11 f. i
Chrysostom, St. John, Homily 12 f. t26
Cicero 87
de divinatione 66
de amicitia 67 f. 1 ; 68
de senectute 67 f. 31 ; 68 f. 54
Paradoxa 67 f. .-,7''; 68 f. 49*-
Tusculanarum quaestionum 88, 69
Somnium Scipionis 68 f. 77
dc ofTiciis 61
Cicero, Epistolae ad diversos 60, 62, 63, 64
Cistercian p 259
Civil Law, notes on the books of the 153 f. 248''
Clare, Gilbert de 132 f. 7>'
Clark, Charles 179
Clement of Lanthony, de sex alis 6 f. 197''
Cleves, monasteries at and near p 2 ro
Clovio, Giulio p. 95
Cnut, Laws 155 f. 35
Cockerell, S. C. p. 74; note on Littifredi Corbizi p. 38 note
Collects 103
Cologne
Capitula and Collects 103
Saints 103
Verses on Saints of 103 f. iii'', iv»
diocese, monasteries in 114
monasteries at <nnd near p. 210
Colonna Missal 32-37 ; artists employed on p. 94
Colonna, Pompeo p. 94
Columban, St. Life 91
Compton 170
Constance, Council of 28
Constance, Kalendar 95
Conybeare, J. J. 128 (fly-leaf)
Corbellus, Peirus. 76 I. 35''
Corbirzi, Littifredi 14
Corsini, scribe of MS, 41
Courtrai, monasteries at and near p. 2 1 o
Coxe, H. O. p. 57
Crassier, Baron de p. 27, 29
Cuthburga, St., Office of 24 f. 266''
Cyprian, St., Opera 16 ; opustula et epistolae 45, 15
Cyprus 28 p. 93
Dalton, O. M. p. 16
Damasiis, Epistola 116 f. 9''
Damian, Abbot, of Cardcfia p 152
Dane, Petrus, de S. Audomaro, Novus quadrans 67 f. 24^
Dathus, L., gesta Porsemne 81
Decretals, Distinctiones decreiorum 163 f. 243 ; Memorial
verses 163 f. 246'' ; Dctretales Novae (Tituli) 153 f. 247
Dee, John 82 (fly-leaf)
Deeds 134, 134>
Delisle, L , on Beatus, MS. 8 ; account of Apocalypse, MS.
19 p. .57 ; on Palter, MS. 22 p, 64 ; on Mortuary Roll,
MS. 114 p. 201 ; notice of a Luxeuil MS. p. 37
Dendermonde, monasteries at and near p. 210
Denmark 28 p. 1 1 1
Dephainx, scribe 143
Dcspenser, Eleanor 132 f. 7», io'»
Devotions 129
Dictofi, Rot)crtus de 163 f. 4
Didot, Ambroise Firmin 8, 10 (cover); p. 57
Didot, Pierre Gelis 60
Diest, monasteries at and near p. 210
Dilectionc, Tract, de 131 f. 84
Dinant Evangelia 11 ; list of altars 11 f. viii'' ; oaths of
officials 11 f. iii'' ; obits 11 (last p.)
Dircctorium 39 f. i
Di.ssy, Joh. de 132 f. 7*
Diurnal 162
Dominican Antiphoner 171
Dominican Inviiatories 97
Donatus, de partibus orationis 167
Doort, Paullus van der 82
.S s 2
3i6
I. INDEX OF LITERARY CONTENTS
Double, L, 112 (cover)
Doxopater 48 f. 1 58^
Drehus, Hermannus 120 (cover)
Drury, Henry 133
Dulmen, Carthusians at 120
Diimmler p. 309
Dunois, Jean 178 f. 149''
Diiren, monasteries at and near p. 210
DUsseldorf, Jesuits of 117 f. ii^
Easters, Table of 129 f. i^"
Edward, Confessor, Laws 155 f. 53
Edward II, Account-Book 132
Egesippus, extract from 12 f 35^
Egwin, St. 122
Elector Palatine 117 f. ii^
Eleven Thousand Virgins, The p. 99
Elizabeth, St. p. 99
Ellis and White 53
Endura presbyter, scribe 89 f 4 ; p. 164, i'')5
England, Leges Angliae 155
England, Statula Angliae 177
Episcopal Offices (Auxerre) 142
Epistle Book, Fragments 46
Epistolae Catholicae 90
Epistolae Pauli 109 ; glossatae 23
Erasmus 127 f. 131^
Erfurt, Carthusians of p. 199
Esdras, 5 Books of 17 ; Esdras iii, iv, v 166
Ess, Leander van 181
E. W., initials 84 (cover)
Evangelia 9
Bremen 87
Dinant 11
Liege 10
.' Metz 159
Oitonis Imp. 98
Rellingshausen 172
Svenhilda 110
Walbeck 88
Evesham Abbey 122
Ewer, Ric. 176 f. i»
Exultet Roll 2 : text of Exultet p. 5
Faber, Sebastian, scribe 152, 152 f. 394*
Faustinus and Jovita, SS. 75 (Hymn) ; Passion of 133
Felton, John, Sermons 176
Feryng, John, scribe 176
Filelfo, J. M. 178 f. 153^
Fish 132 f r,
222
241
Fitzwalter 28 p. 103
Fitzwilliam Museum, MS. 27 p.
MS. 52, 53, &c. p. 61 ; MS.
Collection p. 165. Addenda
Flanders 145 ; monasteries in 114
Flecto genua 153 f 28
Flemish Horae 39
Florez p. 18
Florigerus 153 f. 1 30^
Florus, Epitoma 48 f. i, 92 ; His'toriae HI f. 92
Fontanella 169
Fore-edges, inscriptions on p. 82
For6t (Voorst) 114
Formula honestae vitae, versus 124 f. 49^
Formulae 131
MS. 30 p. 227 ;
p. 110; MoClean
149^
114
210
Fortescue, Katherine 165 v
Fountaine, Sir Andrew p. 177
Francis, St. Vita 175
Franciscan feasts 152 (Kal.)
Franciscan Kalendar 51
Freeman p. 193
French 14 f. 44; p. 49 ; devotions in 62 f. 247')
French Flanders p. 243
French shields 28 p. 287
Freston 176 (last fly-leaf)
Fruit 132 f. 5
Fuchs, Comtesse p. 299
Fulgentius, Homily 12 ; imagines 70 f. 70^
Fulmere 132 f 13
Fumes, monasteries at and near p. 210
Gaeta, Franciscan convent of 102 f 100''
GaUot de Ricard, Jacques 38
Gallus, of Konigsberg 120
Gallus, St. p. 99
Game 132 f 5
Gatulo, Angelo 178 f.
Genealogies 72
Gennadius, extract from 49 f. i
German 95 f i, ii
Germany, heraldry 28 p. 23 ; monasteries in
Gertrude, St. 39 f 166; altar 11 f. viiil'
Ghent, Abbey of St. Peter 50
Ghent, auction at p. 169; monasteries at and near p
Gibertuzzi, Ugolino Marini, scribe of 29, 30, 31
Gilson, J. P. p. 262
Giustiniano 178 f. 155
Gladbach, Abbey of 182 f. i^; p. 210
Goesseyd (or Goesheyd), Henricus 111 f i, col. i
Gogerthan p. 237 nole
Gomez, scribe 83 f. 80^; p. 152
Gonzaga, Eieonora 160 (fly-leaf)
Gospel-Book (Prum) 7 : see Evangelia
Gospels, verses on the 131 f 94
Gottlieb, Th., on libraries p. 169
Gourdon-Genouillac 38
Graesse, Th. p. 231
Greek p. 186
Greek Capitals 89 f. 4, 284
Greek letters 110 f. i^^\ p. 213
Greek numerals 116 f. 7''
Greek passages 169 (margins)
Greek and Latin alphabets 142 f. 37^
Gregory, St. ,_ , , ,
Homilies 12 f. i8i', 39, 57, 60, 6i^ 77'', 83^ 92^97, 104
Moralia 89 f. 398 ; 118
Moralia, references to 140
Moralia in Job 83
Hymn for 116 f. 104'^
Pastorale 124
extract from 12 f. 71''
Griffo, Leonardo 178 f. I43^
Grimaldus, Joh. p. 304
Grimaldus, Leonelus p. 305
Grimaldus, Luchetus p. 304
Grimaldus, Manuel p. 305
Griseldis, Story of, in French prose 176 (fly-leaves)
Grosseteste, Robert, Templum domini 153 f. 2
Gustancius, St. 75 f. 242*'
Gwernllwynwhith p. 237 not
15
61'
PLACE-NAMES, PROPER NAMES, SAINTS
317
H. C. U6 (covers)
HalfTwassen, Hermannus 120 (cover)
Halstai, Conradus de 82 (fly-leaf)
Hameldon Missal 118
Harleston Transcripts 183
Harris, Rendel p. 108
Harryson, joh., of Walham 170 f. 31
Hartel p. 44
Hartmaiuius 80 f. 1*
Haselsbagh, Walter de, Bp. of Bath and Wells 132 f. i !>>
Haaselt, monasteries at and near p. 310
Hebraicum (Psalter) 82
Hebrew 77 f. los*"
Hebrew words 82 f. xviiib
Heisiprbach p. 210
Heito, version of Visio Wcttini p. 309
Helias, Vadetnecum 66 f. 323 1
Hell, pains of 183 f 2 7*>
Henry I, Charter 186 f. vs**; Laws 166 f. 77; Charter to
Canterbury 108 ii**
Henry II 188 f 125
Henry VII, arms of 168
Heraldry 18, 28, 28, 117, 138
Herbert, J. A. p. 135
Mercnthals, ecclcsia S. Katcrine 111 f. i, col. i : monasteries
at and nrar p. a 10
Heresy, form of abjuration 86 f. 1 ''
Heriliert, St. 103 ( Sancioral)
Hermann, Abp. of Cologne, letters of 106
Hermes, Allegoriae 68 f. 1 30''
Hicch', William dc 186
Hickic, D. Benfield 127 (fly-leaf)
Higden, Ranulf, Polychronicon 170
Higgs, S. p. 282
Himmerode MSS. 6, 13
Hodson, Laurence W. 170
Holden. Rob. de 182 f. ■■
Holkot, moraliiates 70 f. 45
Holland, monasteries in 114
Holmes, Handle p. 58
Holy Face, Office of 71. 2
H ' on of the 131 f. i"
II. :. . . . 12
Horailiar}' (tragment) 86
Hontlicim p. 212
Hopper, Margaret 188 (. 11 4''
Hopper, Tho. 188 (fly-leaf)
Horae 117. 138, 144, 148, 161, 183
BntUny 84
Flemuth 88
Gatiot de Genouillac 88
Italian 160
Mary. Qutcn of Scots 21
Normandy 82
Pans 162, 164
Kotnt (Kodez) 81
Sarum 80, 127
L'lrecht 101
Horae and Psalter (Sarum) 20
Horn. Andrew p. 270
Hothcrsall, Thomas 188 t. i«
Houghton, Richard 166 f i*
Hugo, super Regulam 126 f. ■ ■
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester 28 p. 103
Hungary 28 p. 76
Huniades, Jo. 82 (fly-leaf)
Hutchinson, C. B. p. 58
Hutchinson, George p. 58
Huy, monasteries at and near p. 210
Hymns 3 f. 6i»>; 12 f. 8; 88 f. 119; 76; 116 f. 95
Ine, Laws of 166 f. 4''
Ingham, Oliver de 132 f. 7»
Innocent III, Prayers 163 f 145
Innocentius, de miseria humanae conditionis, tables to 126
f. 15*"
Inscription p. 37 ; ancient copy of Roman 12 f. lo"
Invitatories (Dominican) 87
Isabella, Queen 132 f. 7» i ob
Isidore p. 135
Islip, John, Abbot of Westminster, Devotions 165; rebus
' 166 (borders)
Italian, note in 141 (end)
Italian verse 138 (fly-leaf)
Iter Justiciariorum 180
J. G. (owner's initiab) p. 99
Jacobus de Vitriaco p. 135
Janotus, Laurentius, Benvenutus 48 f. 165
Jerome, .St. 116 (. 10
Homilies by 12 f. lob, 17'', 37, 38b, 54b, 56b, 68b 69b,
73. 75^ «o»
on Isaiah (fragment) 16 (fly-leaves)
super XII Prophetas 88
Praefatio in Psalterium 116 (. 1 5
on Daniel p. 18
eronimus, owner of 160
ewels 182 f. 1 1
oaldus, Simon p. 304
ocelin of Brakelond p. 291
ohannes de Deo, Poenitenliale 168 f. 199
ohannes Hispalensis, praclica astrolabii 67 f. 255
ohannes Pulchri Roberti, scribe 158
ohannes de Rupescissa, liber lucis 68 f. 164b
ohn, St.* Evangelist, Hymn for 116 f itb; Johannes glossa-
tus 84
Johnson, M., of Spalding 108 it's
Jonas, Vita Columbani 81
Josepiius, Antiquities, and dc bello Judaico 40
Julia, Sl 75 (Hymn)
Jusiinianus, Instituta, fragments 44
Jusiinus, Historiae 111
Kaadt, A. de 77
Kalendar 22, 24, 38, 51 1. <> ; 52, 54 f. i ; SSf. 286b ; 75,
88 (fly-leaves) ; 85, 101, 108, 138, 162, 164 ; (Kxtr.) 117,
123, 127, 186, 137, 145, 161, 152, 160, 161, 183;
(Italian) 144; (Sarum) 20, 80, 128
Kalker alias Ridder, Henr., Prior 128 f. 77
Kalthoeber binding 138, 141, 168, 188
Kenrick, Samuel 122
Ker, John 168 (. 148b
Keuffer, Max p. 16, 212
Khunrath, H. 82
Kloss, Dr. 86
Kneuerus, Joannes 162 f. ii»
Kraus p. 212
Krusch, B. p. 166
3i8
I. INDEX OF LITERARY CONTENTS
Laach, monasteries at and near p. 210
La Haule, Joh. 52 f. 19
Lammens, P. P. C. 50
Lamoignon 143
Langley 132 f. 13
La Paliz, Hugo de 132 f. 7*
Laurence, Edwin H. 165 (fly-leaf)
La Vallifere 53
Lawlor, H. J. p. 166
Lazzari, Marco 175 f. 139
Lectionary, fragment of 25
Legcnda Aurea 128
Leger, St. p. 99
Leges Angliae 155
Lentulus, letter of 178 f. 159
Leo, Pope, Sennones 85 f. 4^^
Leonardus filius Saraceni, scribe 168
Lerchtenberg 28 p. 161
Le Scrope p. 307
Letters 178 f. no
Leuesone, Jhon 127 f. 147''
Leuwenheuwer, Jo. 117 f. ii^
Levison, W. p. 193
Lewis, C 49
Liber Alcxandri p. 270
Libri Collection 3, 12, 15, 23, 25, 40, 49, 74, 81, 84,
89, 91, 104, 105, 112; p. 7, 37
Liebermann, F. p. 265
Lidge, Bp. of, oath 11 f. xii ; monasteries at and near p. 210;
monasteries in diocese of 114; St. Jacques 112 (cover);
St. Laurence 114
Lidge Evangelia 10
Lierre, monasteries at and near p. 210
Lilburn, Charles 122
Lille, monasteries at and near p. 210
Lilly, Joseph p. 190
Litany 52, 101, 108, 116, 137, 138, 144, 145, 160, 161,
162, 163; (Auxerre) 142; (Paris) 136; (Sarum) 129;
(extr.) 123 f. 135
Litany of the Virgin 80 f. 37''
Litta, F. P., note by 160 (fly-leaf) •
Litti 14 f. 10
Liltifredi Corbizi p. 38 note
Livy, Oratio 178 f. 179I'
Loew, E. A. p. 153, 165, 187
Londesborough, Lord 105
Longman 182 (cover)
Looz, monasteries at and near p. 210
Louther p. 307
Lou vain, monasteries at and near p. 210
Lucas glossatus 13
Lucretius I-III 143
Luvard (?), Maturin 40 fly-leaf
Luxeuil Homiliarius 12
Luxeuil, Manuscripts at p. 37
Mabillon p. 3
Maccabees (fragments) 74
McClaen, F. p. 16
Macdonald, C. K. 123 f. 1
Madan, F., account by 94 . '
Madden, Sir F. 183
Maestricht diocese, monasteries in 114
Maestricht, monasteries at and near p. 210
Maffeis, Tim. de 178 f. uib
Magic 105
Magor 134
Maimbourg, Pastor p. 41
Mainwaring, Sir Henry 22
Mainz p. 190
Majorca 28 p. 50
Malatesta, Pandolfo di p. 81, 82
Malogranatus 120
Manasses, Prayer of 17 f. jfid°; 92 f. 163; 149, 156
f. cclix^'
Manelti, G., laudatio lanuensium 178 f. 1 24
Mantua p. 82
Map, Walter p. 257
Mappa Mundi 8 f. 43'', 44*
Marguay, Baron de p. 37
Mari, Pascali 178 f. 150
Marini, G. 1
Marlene and Durand, Voyage litUraire p. 27
Martin, Tho. 180 (cover)
Mary, Queen of Scots, Horae 21 ; insoriptions written by
her in her Horae 21 f. 113*, 124; facsimiles of her hand-
writing p. 64 ; Devotional books of p. 64
Masius, scribe 102 f. loo''
Massa, Albericus Princ. 178 (fly-leaf)
Matilda, Empress 155 f. 125
Matthaeus de Sicilia, liber claritatis 65 f. 169
Matthei, Joh., scribe 141 f. 1 73!^
Maugham, Cuthbert 153 (fly-leaf)
Ma.ximii, St., Psalter of 116; oath of Abbot of p. 212
Maximus, Bp., Homilies by 12 f. 53, io6l', iii^', 114''
Mearns, Rev. J. p. 193, 217
Mechlin, monasteries at and near p. 210
Medard, St. 12 f. 39
Meditationes 129 f. 88
Meelick Aniiphoners 78, 79
Mehus p. 149
Mellyng, Hugo 176 f. i, ii
Memoriae 20, 38 f. 1 26I'; 52 f. 224''; 54f. 21; 80f. 107'^;
117 f. 179 ; 127, 145 f. 8 ; 163 f. 160!^; 164
Messahallach, astrolabium 67 f. 218
Metz, Celestine Convent 156-8
Metz Evangelia 159
Metz, St. Arnulf p. 273
Milan 124 f. 72'^
Milan Breviary 55
Milan, Duke of 178 f 142
Milanese Saints 55 (Kal.)
Millar, Eric p. 99
Miller, Konrad, on Beatus-map p. 18, 19
Minden arms p. 50
Mines, Accounts of 135
Mirabilia Romae 71, i
Miracles of Our Lord, list of 17 f. 395''
Miriam, Practica 65 f. 192^
Mirror, The (English sermons) 179 f. 32
Missal 123, 151
Colonna 32-7
Hameldon 119
Sarum 24
fragments 26, 43, 84
Molynton, Johannes 130 f. 2*
Monasteries in Belgium, Germany, Artois, &c., list of 114
Monge, Juan, scribe p. 186
Monogram 109 (end cover)
Mons Blandinius 50
PLACE-NAMES, PROPER NAMES, SAINTS
319
Mons, monasteries at and near p. 310
Monte-Cassino p. 5 note
Montfaucon p. 28, 258, 298
Monlpellier, Carthusians at 60 f. i
Morgan, J. Pierpont p. 299
RIoro, Chr. p. 305
Morris, William 63
Monon, D. 183 (fly-leaf)
Mortuary Roll (Voorst) U4
Moses, Song of, in two versions 166
Motto
Honneur ct Patrie 116 (cover)
Joye sans fin 162 f. 29
Nobilis ira 108 (cover)
Sub libertale quieiem 161 f. 1*
Victoria conccrdia creocii 167 (cover)
Mucins, Joh. 178 f. 177''
MUnster 120 (cover)
MUiitz. £. 38 note
Muratori p. 3, 129
Murbach p. 41
Murr, C. T. de 167 (fly-ieaQ
Music 24 (Kal.). 28, 77, 89 (fly-ieaQ. 103 f. iii»', iv« ; 142
Mysterium Sophiae rcvelaium 77
Namur, monasteries at and near p. 210
Nantes p. 118
Naples 28 p. 67
Navarre 28 p. 63
Jeanne de, wife of Henry IV 22
Neuburg, Philip William of II7 (fly-leaf)
Neums 116 f. 104''
New Paleographical Society 8 f. 190*; 16 f. 48**, i65'»: 104
f. IS**"
Nicolaus de Lyra, super Bibliam 29, 80, 81
Nigrono, Fr. 178 f. 143
Nivelies, monasteries at and near p. 310
Norbury, Gregory de 180 (fly-leaf)
Nocmandy 28 p. 293
Normandy, Dukes of 166 f. 73
Normandy Horae 62
Norton, Joh. 122
Notarial mark p. 31
Notts and Qutries p. 64
Novum Testamcntum 116, 122
Nuremberg, Clares in 162 ; list of preachers and confessors
182 f. .194
Obits (Treves) 116, (Dinant) 11 (last p.)
Octavianus, versus 41
Odulpb, St. p. 99
Oesterley p. 135
Ogo, Abbot lie r. II*
Oliver's Lives p. 73
Omonl, W. p. 298
Ori>;cn. >.upcr Kp. ad Romanos 174
Orleans 28 p. 28,1;
Orwell, J. 183 f. i
Otto, Imp., Kvangelia 88
Otto II, Imp. p. 177
Otto III, Imp. p. 177
Oudenarde, monasteries at and near p. 310
Oxford. Ail Souls College, Psalter p. 74
Oxford, Magdalen College Pontifical 73 twit
Padua Litany 144
Palmerius, Malthaeus, de temporibus 68
Papyrus, Latin 1
Parable of the Good Samaritan 116 f. 1 1*>
Parables, expositions of 181 f. yi
Paris Horae 162, 164
Paris Kalendar 136
Paris Litany 136
Paris MS. of Apocalypse p. 57
Paris : Notre Dame, Breviary 136
Parihey p. 258
Paschal table 116 f. 7b
Passional, waste leaves 97 (fly-leaf)
Paxton, Wolstan 146 f. 16^
Peach 118
Peckham, Jo., Oculus moralis, &c. 181
•Peckover, Jonathan 123 (cover)
Pedigrees 73
Pelsewcz 28 p. 1 65
Pembridge .', Joh., Deed 134 a
Penenden Heath 109. i
Pentateuch, exposition of the 131 f. 11,5
Peover, Cheshire 22
P^rigueux 81 (Kal.)
Perizonius in Terentium 138
Perkins, Henry 38
Perrin, I)om Victor, account of Luxeuil Homiliarius 12
Persius 168
Petersen, W. U8 f. i»
Petrarch, letter to Livy 76 (end) ; to Wic de Aceolis 178
f. 162
Petrus de Zeleuce, de occultis naturae 66 f. 146
Petrus Hispanus 66 f. 31
Petrus Lombardus, super Psalmos 6 ; Sententiae 99
Petrus Mercati-llensis, scribe of 48
Phillipps MSS. 107, 121, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 156,
170, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182.
Picolominibus, G. de p. 303
Pilate, Letter of 178 f. 146
Pilgrim's Ro -71
Pinenden, plea of p. 193
Pithsanus (Peckham), Joh. 181 f. ■>>
Pius II 178 f. 146, i6o>>, 161 ; p. 305
Pius VI 62, &c. sft Erase hi
Place-names, German 7, 88
Planctus Galliae HI f. 59
Plate, list of 182 f. 7»
Pliny p. 135; de viris illustribus 48 f. 6\^
Plummer (>. 309
Poem, I^tin p. 50 ; 111 f. 59, 60''
Poland 28 p. 83
Polychroiiicon 170
Poole, Katherine 166
Poppelsdorf 106. i
Portugal, heraldry 28 p. 53
Possidius, Vita Augustini 97 f. i
Pots, Peter 78
Prayers in French 162 f. 180; in Latin and French 138
f. 414; miscellaneous 138 f. 185
Preston, J. M. 180 (fly-leaf ii»)
Prestwold, Robert 179 (colophon)
Priebsch p. 171
Prognostics for the year 98 f. i
Prolianus, Christianus 88
Prosper, St. p. 141
320
I. INDEX OF LITERARY CONTENTS
Prum, grant of land to 7 f. i^"; possessions of p. 15
Prussia 28 p. 159
Psalter 3, 22, 92, 05, 108, 137
Brescia 75
Cambridge p. 68
Hebraicum, Romanum 166
St. Maximin 116
preliminary matter 116 f. 8
Psalter and Horae 117
Ptolemaeus, Almagestum 66
Quadrant, de compositione et utilitate quadrantis 67 f. 231
Quaritch 23, 49, 155, 176, Addenda
Quicunque vult, earl}- copy 116 f. i)-^
R. H., initials 84 (cover)
Ramsay, Dom p. 18
Randoif p. 307
Raphael, Duke 178 f. 142
Ratisbon, Franciscus Guilielmus Episc. Ratisbonensis 87
Ravenna Papyrus 1
Ravensdale 132 f. lo"
Read, Charles p. 282
Receipts 95 f. ii''
Redenhall p.. 307
' Registrum IBrevium 130, 147, 154
Rellingshausen(Rolinkhusen)Evangelia 172; oaths of officers
172 f I ; possessions 172 f. 2
Remigius, St., legend of 97 f. iii"
Rhine monasteries 114
Rhodes, Knights of 28 p. 95
■Richards, F. W. p. 282
Riga, P. de, Aurora 131 f 94
Rigot, Michael, scribe 52 f 19
Robbyns, Anne 137 f. 162''
Roche, St. 165
Rochester p. 193
Rochus, Joannes, scribe 35 f. 94
Rodez Horae 51
Roglerius, Summariolum dictorum virorum illustrium 76 f. i;
speech at Milan 76 f 33
Roligerulus p. 210
Romance, fragment of 14 f. 44
Rome
Horae 51
List of Indulgences 71. 3
Mirabilia Romae 71. 3; 160 f. 229
Relics 71. 3
St. Cecilia in Trastevere p. 141
Stations of 71. 4
Rosarius- 65 f. 55
Rosenthal, J. 161, 163
Rouen Kalendar 127
Rufus, Sextus, Romanae historiae 48 f. 80
Rupert, Abbot of Priim 7 f i
Rylands, Mrs., bequeathed 159, 160, 162, 134
St. Acheul, near Amiens p. 45
St. Aniand, monasteries at and near p. 210
St. Gall p. 193
St. Omer diocese, monasteries in 114 ; monasteries at and
near p. 210
St. Trond, monasteries at and near p. 210
Saints, Cologne 103
Saints mentioned in Kalendars and Litanies
Affra 116 f. ii2»
Agape 116 f. 112a
Agnarius 142 (Lit.)
Aldegundis 116 f 112*
Amantius 51 (Kal. and Lit.)
Antony of Padua 163 (Memoriae)
Armagilus 54 (Kal.)
Aventus 116 f. n 2*
Basilissa 116 f 112^
Benedicta 116 f 1 1 2IJ
Benignus 116 f 112*
Brandan 138 (Lit.)
Brigida 118 f 112a
Castolius (Castulus) 116 f 112^
Castor 116 f 112a
Censurius 142 (Lit.)
Christina 116 f 11 2"'
Columba 116 f 1 1 2a
Corentinus 54 (Kal.)
C3'rianus 116 f 112a
Dacianus 118 f. 112a
Dalmasius 51 (Kal.)
Donatian 54 (Lit.) 138 (Lit.)
Dympna 181 (Kal.)
Erasmus 145
Eugenia 116 f 112"
Eulalia 116 f 112*
PZuphemia 116 f. 112*
Exuperius 136 (Lit.)
Felicianus 116 f. 112"
Firmin 117 (Kal.)
Fronto 51 (Kal.)
Fuscian, Gentian, Victoric 117 (Kai.)
Gallus 116 f. 112*
Geminiana 116 f 1 1 2'>
Generosus 116 f 112"
Genoveva 116 f. 112*
Gertrude 116 f. 112^
Goar 116 f 112a
Gobrianus 54 (Kal.)
Goloneta 145
Goluinus 54 (Kal.)
Helena 118 f. 112*
Helias 116 f 112a
Honorius III, Pope 151
Juliana 116 f 1 1 2»
Lambert 39 (Lit.)
Lebwin 39 (Lit.)
, Lewin 149 (Sanctoral)
Lubentius 118 f. 112a
Magra 116 f. 1 1 2''
Margarita 116 f iT2a
Marius 118 f 112a
Martha 116 f. iT2i>
Martialis 51 (Lit.)
Melanius 54 (Kal.)
Milburga 138 (Lit.)
Modesta 116 f. 11 2''
Monagundis 118 L \\z^
Mustiola 118 f 1 1 2a
Nicia 116 f 112a
Odulf 149 (Sanctoral)
Optatus 116 f. 112a
Paternus 54 (Kal.); 54 (Lit.)
PLACE-NAMES, PROPER NAMES, SAINTS
321
Saints mentioned in Kalendars and Litanies (contiitueti")
Patricius 116 f. 112*
Patrick 138 (Lit.)
Paulinus 116 f. 1 1 2>
Peregrinus 142 (Lit.)
Petronilla 116 f. 1 1 2»
Plechelm 149 (Sanctoral)
Podeniiana 116 f. 112''
Pontian 38 (Lit.)
Probus 116 f. II 2»
Radegundis 116 T. 11 2>
Regina 116 f. 11 2''
Regula 116 f. 11 3>'
Robert (Ablx)t) 161
Rogatiajius 64 (Lit.)
Rufia lie r. 1 1 2«
Rufus Ue f. II 2*
Satorius 116 f. 112*
Satumilla 116 f. 112*
Sanna 116 f. 11 2»
Seculina 116 f. 112*
Seqaanus (Abbot) 161
Serv-atius 39 (Lit.)
Sotberis 116 f. 112'
Susanna 116 f. 11 a*
Tecla U6 f. II 2«
1 heobold 146 (Mem.)
Three kings 146 f. 1 1
I'rbanus 116 f. ii2»
V'igilius 142 (Lit.)
Wilgefortls 146 f. 10''
Willibrord 39 (Lit.). 100 (Lit.), 116 f. 1 12»
Winifred 146 (Mem.)
Wyro 149 (Sanctoral)
Yvo 64 (Lit.)
Zoticus 116 r. 1 1 a*
Sallusi, Catilina 111 T. 61 ; dc Jugurthino bello HI f. yi''
Sahiution, fonns of 131 f. 84
Salve Regina, farced 146 f. 31
Sanctoral 149: (PLxtr.) 161
Sarum Horae SO, 127
Sarum Horae and Psalter 20
Sarum Kalendar 20, 80, 129
Sarum Litany 128
Sarum Missal 24
Savile of Banke, Henry p. 262
Savio, F. p, 237
Savoy, Duke of 28 p. 151
Saxony 28 p. 375
Schmidt, Sebastian, scribe 162, 162 f. 394*
Schwailrach, Volprecht von, book-plate 27
Sdarra-Cok^nna Library 32-37
Sconincx, Elizabeth 114
Scot, Michael, Book of Magic 106; life by Wood Browne
p. 188
Seal 1S4
Sebastian, scribe p. 164, 165
Seinprjngham 187 f. i63>>
Seneca, Epistola de moribus 124 f. 47 ; de virtutibus 124
f.48
Septem Sapientes 70 f. 1
Septime Account-Roll 173 ; Castellum Septimi 173
Serapion, Homily 12 f. 132
Sermons 131, 168 f. 39 ; 176, 170
Servatius, St. p. 99
I Severianus, Homilies 12 f. 6
Severinus, St. p. 99
Sewarde, Will., of Uppingham 176 f. i''
Sforza, Fr. 175 f. 140b
Shenlay, Jame.s 150 (fly-leaf \^)
Sherratt and Hughes 163
Shields (German) 28 p. 132
Shorthand 153 (fly-leaves)
Sibyl, prophecy of 48 f. isS''
Sicily, heraldry 28 p. 45
Siebeneich 112 f. 13
Silos, Abbey of 104
Silos MS. of Beatus p. 19
Sluis, monasteries at and near p. 210
Smallwood, Robert 165
Smaragdus, commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict 104
Smith, Ralph 176 (fly-leaf)
Soane Museum, Hours p. 99
Solinus p. 135
Sotheby 154
Spain 83
Spain, heraldry 28 p. 27
Spanish 88 f. 3, 3 ; 86
Spanish Choir book 88 (fly-leaf)
Speculum Humanae Salvationis 27
Speculum Salutis 68
Spencer, Edmund 154 f. 2 1 4''
Spencer, Lord 168, 183 ; p. 342
Spencer, Richard 154 f. 214b
Spencer crest 146 ( book-plate) ; 146 (cover)
Spinnia, Ant. 178 f. 156
Spinula, Helianus 178 f. 148''; 178 f. 151
Spolverini, Camilo 121 f. 123''
Sprvgge, William 164 f. 214''
Standridge, C. W. 82 (fly-leaf)
Stationer p. 300
Siavelot 83: Addenda
Stavelot catalogue p. 169
Stavelot document 83 (covers)
Stephen, King 156 f. 134
Stradling 28 p. 103
Strozzi family 67
Stuart, William p. 190
Sus.sex, Duke of 126; pp. 130, 190
Suthwik, Adam de 132 f. 1 3
Svenhilda Evangelia 110
Switbert, St. 103 (Sanctoral)
Talbot, Richard 166 f. i^
Tempsford Hall Library (Stuart) p. 190
Terence 47 ; Perizonius on 138
Testamenta XII''™ Pairiarcharum 126
Tewkesbury 132 f. 7»
Textus Roffensis p. 193
Theobald, physician 132 f. 13
Theodulf, Praefaiio Bibliothecae p. 46
Theological excerpts 131 f. 98
Thomas of Canterbury, St. 20 f. 54 ; OflSce 155 f. ii''
Thompson, Sir E. INL p. 73
Thompson, H. Y., MS. of Beatus p. 19
Thoroton p. 242
Threckingham p. 307
Thuringia 28 p. 377
Tongres, monasteries at and near p. 210
Torquemada see Turrecremata
T t
322
I. INDEX OF LITERARY CONTENTS
Totham 179
Toiirnai, Abbey of St. Martin 99
Tournai, monasteries at and near p. 210
Tournay, Aurdlie de p. 299
Tournemire, Reymerus 132 f. 7*
Trahern, John W. 183
Traube, L. p. 41
Traversagnis, Gul. de 178 f. 145
Tree of Salvation 18
Treves diocese, monasteries in 114
Trfeves, St. Maximin 116; list of monks 116 f. ii». St.
Eucharius : Appendix
Trone, William 142 (end)
Troussures (Oise) p. 37, 298
Turba philosophorum 65 f. 52
Turner, C. H. p. 44
Turner, Sir Gregory Page p. 282
Turrecremata, Joh. de, contra inuectiuam Basiliensium 50 ;
de potesiate pape et Consilii generalis 50 f. 46 ; Responsio
ad proposiciones basiliensium 50 f. 97
Twelve Precious Stones 17 f. 398^^
Twyford, Roger de, Itinerarium 153 f. 97
Uguictius, Lilium 65 f. 154^'
Urban II, letter 96 f. 1
Urgel 178 f. 142
Ursino, Joh. 178 f. 150b
Ursinus, St. 52 f. 58
Utrecht, monasteries at or near p. 210
Utrecht Horae 101
Utrecht Sanctoral 149
Vale, Lud. de 178 f. 149; 178 f. 151''
Valerius ad Rufinum 150 f. 220
Valerius Maximus 169
Van Eyck p. 58
Vannes p. 118
Vedast, St. p. 99
Veesenmeyer, Ge. 125 (fly-leaf)
Vemaldus, de operationibus 65 f.
Veronica, St., Orationes 71. 2
Verses, French p. 49
Verses, Latin 76 f. 36; 80 f. no'
158^
b ; 103 f. iiib, iv* ; 116
f. lib; 129 f. 88 ; 159 f. 204b ; 176 f.
Versus de Virgine Maria 153 f. 130
Vibemna, C. p. 149
Vicomercato, S. Stephanus de 55 f. 286»
Victuals 132 f. 5
Viel Castel, Cte H. de, letter 98
Vigenius, Andr. 178 f. 142b
Vigilantius, St., legend of 97 f. ii**
Vilers, Reginald de 132 f. 13
Villandraut p. 45
Villanus, Joannes 47 f 128b
204"
Vincentius, fr. p. 305
Virgil, Aeneis 41, 121 ; (fragment) 148
Virgin, Privileges of the 131 f. 88
Vitae Patrum, tables to 125 f. 15b
Vitalis Tabellio p. 3
Voorbroek, Jac. (Perizonius) 139
Voorst Mortuary Roll 114
Voragine, Jacobus de, Legenda Aurea 128
Walbeck Evangelia 88
Walbeck, possessions of 88 f. 6b; Customs of 88 f. 8b
Oaths of Officers 88 f. 60, 85b
Walburga, St. p. 99
Walramus 93 (cover)
Waltham 170 f. 31
Waltham, Roger de 132 f. 2
Ward, Cuthbert 153 (fly-leaf)
Ward, H. L. D. p. 228
Warneforde, Elizabeth 165
Warner, H. H. 123 (fly-leaf)
Watson, E. W. p. 44
Weissenau 90 : Addenda
Welbeck Abbey 179 (colophon)
Welton, Thomas 153 (cover)
Wesel, monasteries at and near p. 210
Westminster, Shrine of St. Edward 132 f. 7a
Wettinus, Vision of 182 f. 162b
Weyss, Joh. 152 f. 394*
Whalley Abbey 150
White, Henry 172
Wiboldus, donor 93
Wilgeforte, St. 20 f. 78
William I 155 f. 51
William of York, St. 127 f. 49
Willibrord, St. p. 99
Willoughby, John 137 f. 162b
Wills, Howell 97, 99-102
Wimbledon 145 (book-plate)
Win. (.') 150 f. I
Wine 132 f. 5
Winifred, St., devotion to 165; litany of St. Winifred 166
Wodehous, Rob. de 132 f. i*
Wolfram, Abbot of Prum p. 1 5
Worcester, shrine of St. Wulstan 132 f. 7*
Wordsworth, Chr. 119
Wymbyssh, Nicholas 147 f. i
Xanten, monasteries at and near p. 210
York, St. Mary's 153 f. i
Ypres, monasteries at and near p. a 10
Zaehnsdorf binding 83, 96, 150
Zulpich p. 210
INDEX II
OF ILLUSTRATIONS, SAINTS REPRESENTED, DECORATIONS, ETC.
Aaron p. 68
Abbess, death of 114
Abishag p. 48 ; brought to David p. 51
Abner p. 68
Abraham and Hagar p. 68 ; sacrifice of Isaac p. 69
Absalom, death of p. 68
Achan stoned p. 47
Ad te leuaui 24 f. 16
Adam p. 53 ; in a tomb S (cover)
Adam and Eve 3. 4 ; 8 f. 6t> ; les f. 16 ; creation of 28 (. 2^
Adoration of the Shepherds 84 f. Ixix
Adrian 89 f. 213 ; 52 f 229
Agatha, martyrdom p. 286
Agnes p. 54 : martyrdom p. 287 : Apptndix
Agony, The 20 p. 82 ; 96 f. ;• ; 140
Agricius of Treves : Appendix
Ahab p. 48
Ahasuerus p. 5 1 ; 140 : feast of 136
Abaz. dial of 29 f. i8o>' : 80 f. 82
Ahaziah p. 48
Alexander p. 49
All Saints 89 f. 206 ; 79 f. 205 . 128 f. 387!' ; 186, 145
Amalekite p. 48
Amaaa p. 68
Amoe 8 (cover)
Ancestors of Christ p. 50
Andrew 112 (cover) ; 146 ; martyrdom of 89 f. 1 48 :
Apptndix
Angel 17. 52 : 20 p. 123 : 21 f. 83b; 88 f. 3i»'; 54. 1 1 :
117 f. 20ib: 138 f. 70'': 161 f. 72»', 731'; 164. 59
Angel and Sbepberd!> 7 f. 7* ; 22 p. 69 ; 38 f. 48<>, 49* ;
96 f. 5»
Angel and Zacha'rias p. 51
Angel and women 7 f. 72*>, 73*; 74 f. 2^: Appendix
Angel appears to Joachim p. 51
Angel appears to Manoah p. 51
Angel on the tomb 24 f. 102''
Angels 20 p. 20 ; 127 f. 1 1 7>' ; 146
Angels, Orders of p. 54, 55
Animals and birds, sketches of 29-31
Anne 21 f 227*; 88 f 134; 145: Appendix
Anthony 20 p. 58; 21 f. 226; 36 f. 146; 62 f. 233^ 237 ;
168 f. 163*: temptation of p. 386
Apocalypse, illustrations of 8, 19
Apollo 82 f. i* ; flaying Marsyas 84 f. il>; pursuing Daphne
S2f. i*
Apollonia 21 f. 33i>'; 52 f. 344; 54. 24
T
Apostles 8 r. 44l>; 14 f. 9 ; 52 f. 226<> ; 74 f. 22 1 ; 136. 65 ;
164. 26 : Appendix
Apostles, busts of 3 (cover) ; call of 22. II f. 9 ; enamels 11
(cover) ; martpdom of 14 f. 36
Ark, The 8, 29 f. io>>
Ark of the Covenant 29 f. 56
Armillary sphere 36 f. 25
Arms 28, 33
Arms, coats of 79 f. 3
' Arms of the Holy Spirit ' 79 f. 5*
Artemis, PIphesian 32 f. Ixxix
Ascension 7 f. 83" ; 14 f. 17 : 17. 67 ; 22. 46 ; 24 f. i m^- ;
89 f. 118; 74 f. 26'^ ; 96 f. I ih; 123 f. 174 ; 140 (Acts):
Appendix
Ascetics 49
Ash Wednesday Ser\ices 83 f. i, &c.
Astronomical diagrams 68 f. 58'', 59*
Astyages, vision of 27
Athanasius 168 f. ,130
Atlas 6 (cover)
Augustine 39 f. 313 ; 74 f. i7ol>; vision of 39 f. 194
Avoye, Virgin housels her p. 387
Babylon 8 f. 204" {Addenda)
Baptism, The 14 f. 19: 117 f. 218; 164. 63 : Appendix
Barbara 20 p. 74; 21 f. 230''; 38 f. 135*'; 39 f. 150, 213;
52 f. 243; 54. 23 . 145. II
Bartholomew 136
Baruch 30 f. 119''
Bathsheba 161 I ii4>>
Battle 136
Bearing of the Cross 14 f. 11 : 20 p. 1 28 ; 24. 17 ; 29 f. 67 ;
38 f. 39»'; 81 (cover); 95 f. 8''; 144 f. 230; 145. 26
Beast, number of the 8 f. 155
Bedroom 20 p. 18
Beehive p. 6
Bees p. 6
Bells 117 f. 99»'
Belshazzar's feast 8 f. 218
Benaiah and the lion 27
Benedict 14 f. 33, 39, 33; p. 301 ; in white habit p. 41 :
Apptndix
Bernard, St. 11 (cover) ; 74 f. 1 63 : p. 50
Bethesda p. 71
Betrayal, The 20 p. 94 : 24. 15 : 61 (covei) : 96 f. 7" ; 127
f. 38; 146. 1 4
Bible, historiated initials to p. 47
t 2
324
II. INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Bindings 3-7, 10, 11, 13, 22, 27, 32-38, 48, 49, 70, 74,
75, 80, 82, 84, 86, 95, 100, 103, 104, 110, 111, 118,
121, 165, 171, 182
IJird killing serpent 8 f. 14": with green nimbus 5 (Luke)
Birds 10 f. 13''; creation of 14 f. 3; representing souls
8 f. 106'', 191
Birds and beasts 31 f. 185I'
Birds and grotesques 29 f. i
Bishop 52 f. 2 39'>; 136. 68
"Boar 8 I. 189
Book-plate 87
Boy angel 35 f. i, &c.
Braschi arms 60 (binding) ; 62 (binding)
Bridget, of Sweden 165 f. 28
Brigida, nun, picture of 110 f. 17*
Burial of Christ, The see Entombment
Burning Bush 52 f. i
Cameo, classical 32 f. i»
Cameos see Bindings
Cana p. 71
Canons of the Gospels 10 f. 8b; 11 f. iii>; 87 f. 1^ ; 98
f. 10; 110 f. 5b; 159
Cantica, Illustration of p. 70
Carmelite 52 f. 252''
Cecilia 11 (cover); 74 f. 212 ; 164. 87 : Appendix
Celsus : Appendix
Centaur 16 (Genesis) 22. 63
Chaeremon 49 f. 91
Chain 70 (cover)
Charlemagne 39 f. 206
Cherub 6 f. 1971"
Christ (jcc also under Magi, Nativity, cs-'c^
bearded 110 f. 17''
beardless 108 f. i''
before Caiaphas 95 f. 7^' ; 127 f. 49^
before Pilate 20 p. 114 : 95 f. 7^ %"" \ 145
between angels 8 f. 29''
blessing 14 f. 2, 9; 86 f. 42 ; 110 (cover); 163 f. 13 ;
165 f. 43''
blessing bread p. 283
body of, supported by angel 33 f 127''
bust of 21 f. 13''
delivers Abraham 27
Ecce Homo 165 f. 21
full face 74 f. 12
half length 21 f. 243
Infancy of p. 70
in red, holding a crystal orb 161 f. 15''
kneeling by the Cross 95 f. 9"
life of, series of illustrations 22
metal figure in high relief 3 (cover)
overcomes Satan p. 5
painted 11 (cover)
Risen, with banner 55 f. 178''
seated 31 f. i
seated, with book, blessing 29 f. i'', 29 f. 292
sketch of 116 f. 14"
standing, blessing 39 f. 26''
standing, holding book 20 p. 20
standing on a mount 74 f. 221
throned 100 (cover) ; p. 283
with orb 14 f. 20
Christ and angels p. 5
Christ and Satan 27
Christopher 20 p. 50: 21 f. 219''; 38 f. 130''; 52 f. 228;
145. 7 ; martyrilom 164. 68
Chromatins and Heliodorus p. 48
Church 13; 22. 14, 25; 24 f. 153; 90 f. i»
Church, dedication of 14 f. 23; 39 f. 146; 74 f. 100;
136. 36
Church, interior of 161 f. 15'', 16*
Churchyard 162 f. 131 ; 164. 58 N
Cirrillus : Appendix
Clarus 52 f. 231, 245^
Clarus, of Nantes, consecration 164. 81
Clasp engraved 11
Claudius 21 f. 224^; 38 f. 131"; 52 f. 233: Miracle of
164. 82
Clock 69 f. I
Cockatrice 16 (Genesis)
Coins, gold 32 f. i-'
Colonna arms 32 f. i*, &c.
Confessors 74 f. 246''
Constantine Emp., Appendix
Continental Celtic decoration 116
Cosmas and Damian 18. 44 ; 52 f. 230 ; martyrdom 164. 80
Creation 17 (Genesis)
Creed, Apostles 164. 26
Crest 137 (cover)
Crown of Thorns 95 f. 8"
Crucifix in enamel 3 (cover) ; in metal 6 (cover)
Crucifixion 2. 2; 5 (cover) ; 10 (cover); 18,20 p. 134;
21 f. 16I', 211 ; 22. 21 ; 24 f. 153 ; 32 f xx.Kviii ; 38
f. 39I'; 51 (cover); 52 f. 181 ; 74 f. 120; 95 f. 9* ; 111
(cover); 119; 138 f. 13''; 145; 161 f. 18''; 162 f. 120;
163 f. 16; 172 (cover) ; with the Virgin 165 f. 1''
Crystals 100, 103, 111 (covers)
Cyrus p. 168
Daniel 3 (cover); 17. 35 ; 30 f. 154
Four Beasts 8 f. 49!^
illustrations 8 f. 204"
image of 8 f. 49^
visions of 8 f. 223
Darius 8 f. 221''
David 8 f. ii'>; 14 f. 21, 31, 46 ; 20 p. 300, 326, 350, 376,
406,436: 29 f. 140''; 39 f. 46a; 52 f. i87'>; 55 f. i^;
74 f. 42''; 75; 117. f. 9, 49''; 161 f. 114''; P- 48, 167
anointing of 14 f. 28; 17. 13
as a boy 117 f. 9
crowned 117 f. 81
half-length holding up his soul (Ad te levavi) 123 f. 7
in prayer 21 f. 125I'; 38 f. 79''; 162 f. So'J, loi''
kills Goliath 22. 143
life of p. 68
playing 117 f. 99'J
Psalter-cycle 136 f. 7 ; 137
throned, weeping 17. 14
Death 39 f. 258''
Death scene p. 285
Deborah (Jael) p. 69
Demeter 32 f. i*
Denis 136. 60; our Lord housels him 164. 83
Deposition, The 20 p. 140; 95 f. (^^ \ 127 f. 60; 145. 28;
164. 53
Dives 136. 35
Doctors, four Greek p. 50 ; four Latin p. 50
Dog p. 45
Dominic p. 50 ; 171 f. 155"; translation of 171 f. 61''
SAINTS REPRESENTED, DECORATIONS, ETC.
325
Dominican friars 171 f. i53»
Dominican nun 171 f. i»
Dove see Pentecost
Dragon 7 f. \^f>^\ 8 f. 1 7 1 , &c. ; 74 1. n j ;
Drawing 77 f. ii9»: 82 f. 69; 90 f. i*
Drawings, Late 78
107 f. 2
Eagle 17. 53; 32. 102: 31 f. \%^^
Ebbo, thief 38 f. 4i>
Egyptian art, imitation of 32 f. Ixxix
Ehud and Eglon 27
Elias and Enoch as the two witnesses 8 f. 1 38l>
Eligius 62 f. 234l>
Elijah p. 48
Elizabeth 39 f. 210, 213; 114
Elsin, abbot 38 f. 41*
Emmaus 96 f. 11*: disappearance of Christ at 117 f. 233
Enamel 10, 11, 111 (covers)
England, kings of, medallion pictures 113
Enoch 3 (cover)
Entombment, The 20 p. 146 : 22. 141 : 38 f. 39*'; 96 f. 9'';
127 f. 62t>; 146. 29; 164. 54
EniT)- into Jerusalem 7 f. 45^ 46* ; 33 f. 103 ; 96 f. 6''
Ermine 162 (borders)
Esau and Isaac 14 f. 10
Esdnu, illustrations of p. 48
Esther 29 f. 214''; 140: p. 51
Eucharius of Treves : Appmdix
Europa 3S f. i*
Eusebian Canons ttt Canons of GospeU
Eustace, conversion of p. 286
Evangelistic emblems 7 f. 47* ; 8 f. 3 ; 10 (cover). 10 f. S** ;
17. 33; 31 f. I : 87 f. 5«: 98 f. 154": 100, 103 (cover);
108 f. !'•; 110 f. \i^; UO (cover); 119; p. i68
Evangelists 31, 62 f. iz ; 64, 74 f. 227 ; 98 f. I53>> ; 140
busts of 10 f. 9», 11'', I a"
pictures of 87 f. 6* : 88 f. 1 1 >' ; 110
Eve, creation of 14 f. 1 ; 140 ; tempution of 27
Exaltation of the Cross 136
Exodus, The 27
Expulsion, The p. 47
Ezekiel 3 (cover); 17. 34 ; 30 f. 122*; 136; vision of 30
f. I23»
Ezra 29 f. i97<>
Faith p. 286
Fall, The 17, 27
Feeding of the Five Thousand 33 f. 29
Fiacre 82 f. 236 : miracle of 164. 69
Fifteen Go's 146 f. 7»'
Fish 29 f. 161.) ; creation of 14 f. 3
Five Wounds 146
Flight into Egypt 20 p. 147: 21 f. io6>'; 38 f. 64>>; 62
f. 163; 64. 14; 96 f. 6"; 138 f. 97''; 161 f. 96<' ; 16a
f. 63
Flowers, studies of 89 f. 8
Fool 22. 33 ; 29 f. 263'' : 76 ; before David 20 p. 330
Fortune and her wheel 83 f. 21 4*'
Fox and stork 74 f. 8
Fox seizing cock 8 f. 151 ; 16
France, arms of p. 287
Friar 141 f. 1
Frontispiece 11 f. 14'' ; to Evangelists 10 f. 13 ; 98, 110 f. 18''
Funeral 38 f. 248 ; 117 f. 242 ; 127 f. 90 ; 138 f. i37>> ; 162
f. 131 ; 164. 58 ; heraldry 164. 57
Furnace 66 f. 172*
Gabriel 8 f 227'': see Virgin
Galiot de Genouillac, Jacques 38 f. c^
Ganymede, rape of 32 f. i»
Gemma, S. 62 f. 245
Genevieve 38 f. 136''; 52 1. 244''; 164. 88
George 20 p. 46 ; 39 f. 206 ; 52 f. 231 ; 74 f. 112; 145
Germanus 136 f. 175
Gervase and Protase, martyrdom p. 286
Gideon p. 167
Giles 62 f. 235
God 14 f. 4 ; seated, blessing 24 f. 121''; shows Moses the
Heavenly Tabernacle p. 51
Golden Image 8 f. 212
Goliath p. 48
Grace before meat illustr. p. 283
Gregory 14 f. 49; Mass of 20 p. 16; 21 f. 237^; 52
f.25il'; 168 f. I33>'
Grotesques p. 44
Guardian .\ngel 20 p. 16
Guitars 8 f. 89
Habakkuk 8 f. 22i>>; p. 70; Vision of p. 48
Hannah mocked by Peninnah p. 70
Harrowing of Hell 2. 4; 22. 23; 27, 05 f. 10"; p. 68
Heart, wounded 163 f. 15
Heaven 18 fin., 27 f. 39''
Helena 16. 44; 163 f. i63»>: Appmdix
Heracles 6 (cover)
and Antaeus 6 (cover) ; 32 f. Ixxi.x
I Hermes 6 f cover)
I Herod breaks ships p. 68
Hezekiah p. 70
Hieroglyphics, ' bogus ' 32 f. Ixxix ^
High Priest 29 f. 59^ 1 1 o^ 1 90''
Holofernes 136; in bed, crowned 74 f. 74''
Holy Face 62 f. 222
Hubert 88 f. 132"'
Hydra 6 (cover)
Initials 40 f. 2>> ; 49 f i ; 81 f. i ; 83, 96, 166 f. i ; decora-
tive 88 ; full page 116 f. H
Intaglios 6 (cover) ; 108 (cover) : Appendix
Ireland, ancient arms of 79 f. 4"
Isaac 8 f. 9''; 14 f. 10; 49 f. 72 ; sacrifice of 8 f. 9'^
Isaiah 8 (cover) ; (small) 74 f. 85 ; vision of 30 f. 62''
Islip, Abbot 166 f. 52, 66»
Israelites, birth of children in Egypt 140 (Exodus)
Ivory 4, 6, 10, 62, 172 (covers)
carving 3 (cover); cent. ix. 7 f. 130"
reliefs 61 (cover) : Appendix
Jacob p. 18, 69
and angel p. 70
Jacob's Ladder 62 f. i
Jael kills Sisera 27
Jainis p. 71
James the Great 21 f. 216; 38 f. 5^ 129"; 62 f. 226- 163
f. 161''; beheading of 164. 74; Appendix
James the Less : Appendix
Jeremiah 3 (cover) ; 30 f. 96'' ; vision of p. 48
Jerome 21 f. 196''; 39 f. 206; 145; p. 47
Jerusalem 8 ; taking of 8 f. 206*", 207*
Jesse 20 p. 260; 17. 51
326
II. INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Jesse tree 27, 38 f. 17b; 95 f. 4"
Jewels 32
Joab p. 68
Joachim 38 f. 31'': Appendix
Joachim and Anne 164. 59 ; meeting of 38 f. 31^' ; 52 f. 1 20;
185 f. 66" ; rejection of 136
Job 29 f. 217''; 74 f. 66; 92. 24; 136. 29
Job's wife, devil talking to 92. 23
John Baptist 3 (cover); 5, 11 f. 58"; 21 f. 214 ; 24 f. 147'';
32 f. i»; 33 f. 144''; 38 f. 1271'; 39 f. 206, 213; 62
f. 225; 54, 74 f. 126''; 86 f. 49; 103 (cover); 123
f. 246b; 123 f. 287''; 145, 163 f. i6i«: Appendix
John Baptist, birth of 39 f. 172''; 136, 171 f. 70"; decolla-
tion of p. 71 ; 74 f. 178'' ; 164. 65 ; in landscape 20 p. 38
John Evangelist 11 f. 130I'; 17. 70; 20 p. 42 ; 21 f. 2i4'>;
38 f. 128; 39 f. 213; 52 f 225; 54, 145; 172 f. 3":
Appendix
John the Evangelist speaking 8 f. 14''; on Patmos 38 f. 6 ;
and Seven Churches 8 f. 56I'
Jonah p. 48, 69
Joseph and Pharaoh p. 69
Joshua 29 f. no''; 102. 7; initial to 16
Joshua and Kings p. 70
Josiah p. 168
Judas hanging 22. 108; 51 (cover)
Judas ISIaccabaeus making offerings for the dead 37 f. i
Jude 107 f. 107
Judgement 20 p. 196; 27 f. 38''; 138 f. 114''; 145, 162
f. 188
Judges, initial to p. 45
Judith and Holofernes 27, 29 f. 210''; 136; 32 f. .xvii^'
Juggling with knives p. 45
Julian the Hospitaller 21 f. 227
Jupiter Ammon 32 f. Ixxix
Katherine 18. 44; 20 p. 66; 21 f. 228''; 38 f. 135; 39
f. 206; 52 f. 242''; 54, 136,145; before the Emperor
14 f. 47 ; beheading of 164. 85 : Appendix
Khunrath, H., copper plates 82
Lamb 8, 10 f. 14"; 98 f. 154*
Last Supper 14 f. 43 ; 33 f. 140 ; 95 f. 7"
Laurence, St. 4 (cover); 11 (cover); 18. 44; 21 f. 218;
39 f. 206, 213 ; 52 f. 227 ; 74 f. 149 ; 136 f 259 ; 145
Laurence, and the poor 4 (cover) ; charity of 171 f. 171 ; on
the gridiron 164. 84
Lazarus 136; and Dives 74 f. 103: «<• Raising of L.
Leah p. 18
Leger, martyrdom p. 286
Leobinus 52 f. 237b
Leonard 52 f. 235''
Leuffredus 52 f 238''
Line-fillings 117, 136
Longinus p. .^, 53. 285
Lot led out of Sodom 27
Louis 39 f. 206 ; 136
Lucy, miracle p. 286
Luke 11 f. 88*
Lupus 52 f. 235
Maccabees, The 74 f. 79^; 136
Magdalene 14 f. 24; 20 p. 62; 21 f. 228; 38 f. 133I'; 39
f. 182b 213; 74 f. 140; 136, 145,164.94; 171 f. i26l':
Appendix. See Noli me tangere
Magdalene washing Christ's feet 36 f. loi
Magdalene and Barbara p. 54
Magi, Adoration of the 8 f. 13"; 20 p. 129; 21 f 88*'; 22.
71 ; 38 f 154I'; 39 f. 74; 54; 95 f. 51*; 123. 26*; 188
l\ 76l>; 161 (. 76i>; 162 f. 78l>; 163 f. 57
Malatesta arms 29 f. i
Mamerlius of Treves : Appendix
Man of Sorrows 20 p. 256; 145, 161 f. i8i ; 163 f. 164b;
165 f. 5
Manasseh in captivity 27
Marcellus 136
Margaret 20 p. 70; 21 f 2291"; 39 f. 181 ; 52 f. 243; 54,
136, 145 ; tormented 164. 86
Mark 9 (frontispiece); picture of 7 f. 57''
Martin 39 f 206; 52 f. 234; 74 f. 209; 136 f. 365b;
miracle of 164. 7 1 : Appendix
Martyr 52 f 232; 136
Martyrs 74 f. 239 ; 136
Mary, mother of James and Mary of Cleophas : Appendix
Mass 7 f. ISC'; 14 f. 22; 24 f. 117'', 121^, 147''; 123
f. 156a
Massacre of the Innocents 20 p. 141 ; 21 f. 97^ ; 38 f. 65";
117 f. 208; 138 f. SSb ; 161 f. 87I' : 163 f. 68
Matthew 11 f. 14b; 136, 159
Matthew : Appendix
Maurice 39 f. 206
Maurus 52 f 235b; 123 f. 222
Maxenlius 52 f. 242^
Mermaid p. 44, 45; 162 f. 104
Merman p. 44, 45
Metal plate 52, 100, 103, 112 (covers)
Michael 7 f. 156''; 14 f. 29; 21 f. 213; 38 f. 127a: 39
f. 20lb; 52 f. 224''; 56, 74 f. 194^; 107 f. 153^; 136
f. 326b; 145,163 f. 160''; 164. 64; holding the scales
and piercing the devil 36 f. 1 25
Miniatures cut from MSS. 14
Miracles of Christ, illustrations p. 7 1
^Miriam p. 70
Modestus of Treves : Appendix
Monk, white-habited 14 f. 7, 13
Monks and Friars 39 I'. 206
Monstrance with the Host 35 f. Ixxxiii
Months occupation of p. 70 ; 117, 136, 162, 164 (Kal.)
Mordecai's vision p. 51
Moses 22. 77, 97 ; 29 f. 36, 81 ; 49 f. i ; 52 f. i ; 140 ;
and the Rock 22. 77; anoints Aaron 22. 132; horned,
with Tables 16
Moses and Aaron 22. 67 ; 163 f. 141^
Music scroll 162 f. 29
Musicians p. 68
Myrrha 32 f. i"
Naomi and Ruth 29 f. 126''
Nativity, The 2. 5 ; 7 f. 6''; 14 f. 41 ; 17. 31 ; 20 p. 115;
21 f. 77'>; 22, 24, 38 f. 42''; 39 f. es^ ; 52 i. 16'", 59,
76b; 54, 55 f. 114''; 95 f. 4b, 5"; 117 f. 193; 123 f. 18;
138 f. 64b ; 161 f. 66b ; 162 f. 68 ; 163 f. 49b : Appendix
Nebuchadnezzar 8 f. 206b; 74 f. 19b; dream 8 f. 208b;
eating grass 8 f. 215; seated 17. 35
Nehemiah 29 f 200b; 92. 18
Nicholas, St. 11 (cover); 21 f. 223^; 39 f. 151b; 52 f. 232b;
145, 163 f. 162b; and ship 164. 70: Appendix
Noah 8 f. 7l>
Noah's ark 8 f. 15''
Noli me tangere 95 f. 11"; 164. 24, 94; 171 f. 129b; see
Magdalene
SAINTS REPRESENTED, DECORATIONS, ETC.
327
Nuns 110 f. 1 7a
Obadiah p. 48
Octavian 39 f. 72
Onager p. 69
Orpheus 32 f. i*
Osiris (?) 32 f. Ixxix
Otto, Imp., Portrait medallions 98 f. 16
Ouen, St., consecration of p. 286
Owl p. 45
Paphnutius 49 f. 21
Parable of the two Servants 27
Paris, view of p. 286
Paris, Cimetitre des Innocents p. 285
Passion, instruments of 101 f. i8»' (and see Man of Sorrows)
Pater Noster, illustrated p. 283
Paul 14 f. 6 ; 32 f. iii«> ; 92, 107 f. 2 1 ; 136, 140, 171 f. 1 1 1 b :
Appendix
Paul before Nero 14 f. 34
bust of, with sword 31 f. 87>>
Conversion of 7 f. 133*'; escape from I>amascus 7 f. iq^*-
164. 67 "" '
Paul and Titus 34 f. ii
Pauline Epistles, illustrations of p. 49
Peacock 10 f. io»', i4'>; 164 (borders)
Pelican p. 53, 69
Pen ornament 123
Pentecost 7 f. 85" : 14 f. 39 ; 21 f. 23b ; 22. 1 8 ; 24 f. 1 1 7b:
117
38 f. 40»'; 62 f. leib; 84, 74 f. 34; 96 f. i |l>
138 r. 2il>: 161 f 26>>; leS f. i»7b;
22. 149; 32 f. ib,
bust of 31 f. 175b:
f. 227b; 123 f. 180:
164. 55 : Appendix
Perseus 6 (cover)
Peter 14 f. 6, 34 ; 17. 69 ; 18. 44 ;
39 f. 213 ; 107 f. 29 : 128 f. 249b;
deliverance of 164. 66 : Appendix
Peter and Andrew, Call of 14 f. 40
Peter and Paul 14 f. 14 : 21 f. 215 ; 38 f. 128b; 39 f. ,75.
62 f. 225*; 64, 138, 145, 163 f. 14 ; 171 f. 94*
Petronilla : Appendix
Pharaoh 29 f. 36
Philip: Appendix
Phoenix 32 f. xxvib
Pieti 21 f. 185: 86 f. 75; 88 f. x^h; 80 f. i6b; 148, 161
f. 181 ; 163 f. 137b ^
Pius VI, arms 62 (binding)
Pluto carrying off Proserpine 82 f. i»
Pope 14 f. 35 ; 82 f. xiv«
Presentation of Christ 7 f. 134b; 20 p. 13.-, ; 21 f. 92b; 22,
82 f. xxiib ; 38 f. 59
117 f. 212b. 12a f.
, 89 f. 159**,
228: 138 f.
62f.85; 84, 96 f. 5b
82b; 161 f. 82b; 162
f. 86b; 183 f. 60; 166 f. 67b
Priest, with chalice 32 f. xxviii ; elevating the Host 123
f. 189b; at altar 136
Prophets 18,80 f. I72b-i97b; 93, 140 ; busts of 8(cover):
ilhistraiions of p. 48
Prosper 74 f. 132b
Psalter, illustrations 22, 75
Ptolemy and Septuagint translators? p. 48
Rachel 8 f. lob
Raising of Lazarus 20 p. 220; 28 f. 239; 87 f. 21
161 f. 135b; 168 f. 8i»
Relics 11 (cover)
146,
Reliquary 136. 23
Resurrection 14 f. 12, 42; 22. 15; 24. 19; 24 f. 102b;
39 f. 107 ; 85 I. lob ; 123 f. 160"
Roch 62 f. 2 29'>
Romance, miniature from 14 f. 44
Romanus 52 f. 236b
Ruth, initial to p. 45
Sacrament 52 f. 221
Sacrifice, Jewish p. 45 : 140
Saint 14 f. 15
Scourging of Christ 20 p. 122 ; 24, 95 f. 8"; 145
Samson p. 69
Samson and the lion 27
Samuel anoints David 14 f. 28 : 22. 112 ; 117 f. 28
Sarah p. 44
Satan bound 6, 8 f. 1431^, 190
Saul 29 f. 127b
Scholastica: Appendix
Sebastian 21 f. 221b: 33 f. 129b; 52 f. 228b; 163 f. 162"
184. 78
Serapis 32 f. i*, Ixxix
Seven-branched Candlestick 72
Severa: Appendix
Sexton announcing death p. 285
Shepherds 20 p. 123; 34 f. x\ii ; 64, 117 f. 201b; 133
f. 70b ; 161 f. 7ab ; 162 f. 73b ; 163 f. 53b
57 f. I ; 68, 93 f. 2 ; 123
Shepherds in a field 21 f. 83''
SWelds 28,47 f. i»; 53 f. 1 ;
f. 7; 167, 175 f. 139
Shrine 136
Sibyl 38 f. 67b, 72
Silk guards 98
Silver 40
Simeon 3 (cover)
Simon and Jude 136
Solomon 17. 19; 28 f. 150''; 30 f. i", 13b, lyb^ 130:
p. 168 (passim)
Soul, death-scene 21 f. 147b
Souls 146
Souls, cloth filled with 127 f. n^b
Souls received 20 p. 252
Souls represented as birds 8 f. io6b 191
Spheres 88
Sphinxes 32 f. Ixxix
Spies p. 69
Stephaton p. 5
Stephen 18. 44; 54, 107 f. i.-jb; 145; invention of 136;
stoning of 32 f. xxi ; 52 f. 226b; 164. 75 : Appendix
Stones and gems 5 (cover), 10 (cover), &c.
Stork 10 f. 13b
Susanna 30 f. 170b: 52 f. 244b
Svenhilda, picture of 110 f. 1 7»
Synagogue 18. 33 ; 22. 75 ; 24
Tabernacle, illustrations of 29 f. 56-66
Table of Affinity, drawn 96 f. 83
Table of gold 27
Temple, The p. 168, 285
Temple, Ezekiel's 30 f. 1 26
Temple, pltn of 29 f. 153b
Temple vessels 29 f. 153b
Temptation of Christ 96 f. 6b
Theophilus 62 f. 96
Thomas of Canterbury 146 ; martyrdom of 60 p. 54
328
II. INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Three Children, The 8 f. 2 1 2 ; p. 48, 70 ; tombs of 8 f. 204*
Three Graces 84 f. Ixxix
Three living and three dead 38 f. 94'', 95*; 52 f. 201I'
Tiger-moth 34 f. xiv''
Tobit 74 f. 7 1 1'; 82. 21 : 136
Tobit healed p. 9
Tomyris kills Cyrus 27
Trajan, Column of 32 f. Ixxix
Transfiguration p. 71
Tree 20 p. 260
Tree of Life 8 f. 197
Tree with birds 8 f. 215
Trees, creation of 14 f. 5
Trinity 14 f. 37 ; 20 p. 466; 21 f. 2071', 208'', 209b, 210;
54, 74 f. 93; 117 f. r3i''; 136, 137, 145, 171 f. 3";
p. 55, 69, 283
Trinity ('Italian') 20 p. 34; 38 f. I26'>; 52 f. 219; 123
f. 188 ; 136
Triton (half fish) 32 f. i"
Types and Antitypes 18, 27. 2, 69
Types from Natural History 69
Ursula : Appendix
Valerius of Treves : Appendix
Vashti 140
Veronica 7 f. 70"'; 52 f. 222 ; 54
Victor 39 f. 206; 52 f. 230
Virgin, the Blessed 38f. 41^; 52 (cover); 103 (cover); 136
Nativity 18. i; 39 f. 197*'; 74 f. 184; 95 f. 4"; 123
f. 272''; 136, 165 f. 661'
Presentation 18. 2 ; 52 f. \t,o^ ; 145
Annunciation 7 f. 137*^; 14. 18; 20 p. 83; 21 f. 43'';
24, 31 f. I ; 36 f. 55 ; 38 f. 18 ; 39 f. 164 ; 52 f. 89 ;
95 f. 4''; 97 f. i; 117 f. 22it>; 123 f. 233I'; 127
f. 26; 138 f. 29''; 161 f. 34>'; 162 f 29; 163 f. 27,
141I'; 165 f. 57, 67a; p. 70, 283 : Appendix
Visitation 20 p. 95; 21 f. 63'); 38 f. 31I'; 39 f. 178;
62 f. II ; 54, 95 f. 4'': 117 f. 193; 138 f. 58l>; 162
f.SSb; 163 f. 41
Virgin (continued)
betrothal p. 51
Death of 7 f. 150 ; 38 f. 72'' ; 123 f. 266
Assumption 36 f. i ; 39 f. 191 ; 52 f. 99 ;
123 f. 266 ; 136, 165 f. 68"; 171 f. \<)\^
74 f. 157:
38
f. 13; 52 f.
145, 161 f.
' Coronation 21 f. 114''; 38 f 10
138 f. 104''; 160 f. 72»>; 162 f. 94*>
f. 58b
praying p. 285
seated, seven swords in her bosom 165 f. 6ii'
stands before an altar 39 f. 240''
trampling on Satan 27
Virgin and Child 21 f. 30^, 245; 24, 38
114, 136 f. 85 ; 138 f. 28l> ; 144 f. 20
162 f. 181''; 164, 165 f. 47'', 52
Virgin, A. 136
Virgin, Wise 14 f. 21
Virgins 74 f. 254
Virgins, Foolish p. 69
Virgins, Three Wise 14 f. 16
Virtues 4 (cover) ; enamel 11 (cover) ; figures of 5
Washing of Feet 14 f. 48
Water birds 30 f. 2 1 4
Wilgefortis 20 p. 78
Winds, busts representing 8 f. 223
Wine press 8 f. 162
Wolf (?) biting his own leg 107 f. 95''
Woman of Samaria p. 7 1
Woman on the beast 8 f. 5 1
Women at the tomb 24 f. 102''
Wood-cut label 93 f. 2 .
Wounds, five 20 p. 175
Xystus, St., before Dacian 4 (cover)
Zacharias 32 f. Ixxix ; p. 49, 70
Zedekiah 8 f. 206''
Zephaniah, vision of p. 48
Zodiacal sign 117 (Kal.) ; 162 (Kal.) ; 164 (Kal.)
f. 73; 54,114,
163 f. 72; 168
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